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Bill Gates pick "CSRE" in his new book! The stock is currently selling at a discount. Company Press Release Comshare Applications Exemplify Bill Gates' "Digital Nervous System" Comshare Highlighted in Gates' New Book, "Business @ the Speed of Thought" Comshare®, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSRE - news), a leader in software solutions for management planning and control, which includes planning, budgeting, financial consolidation, management reporting, and analysis, is pleased that Bill Gates included Comshare in his new book, ''Business @ the Speed of Thought.'' ''Mr. Gates' recognition of organizations' digital nervous systems is insightful, and that idea underscores Comshare's strong position in the market and the vital role of Comshare's management planning and control applications in businesses,'' said Dennis Ganster, Comshare CEO and president. ''We are delighted that Mr. Gates cited Comshare in support of his thesis.'' In a special segment highlighting executive information systems (EIS) as part of an organization's digital nervous system, Gates reviews the development of the market and Comshare's pioneering role in it. He discusses Comshare's thoroughness in helping customers analyze their needs and defining an application for managing their business processes. Based on that analysis, Comshare applies its extensive expertise to deliver the right solution, which can range from client/server to Web-based management planning and control systems. ''We've enjoyed a long and successful relationship with Microsoft as a Certified Solution Provider, most recently as a SQL Server 7.0 launch partner,'' Ganster added. ''Some of our other important achievements this fiscal year include signing our first customers using Comshare Decision(TM) with Microsoft's OLAP Services technology, our first enterprise budgeting application fully implemented on industry-standard relational database technology, our first mid-market distributor, and our first implementation of an enterprise budgeting application based entirely on a Web platform.'' Microsoft has set up a special Web site for Gates' book at www.speed-of-thought.com, and the book's segment about Comshare is located at www.speed-of-thought.com/looking/additional.html. About Comshare, Inc. Comshare is a leading provider of management planning and control applications. Comshare solutions include enterprise budgeting, financial consolidation, and management reporting and analysis applications. Comshare is one of the top independent software companies, with customers around the world, many of which are Fortune 500 and Financial Times Top 1000 companies. Comshare is a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider. For more information on Comshare, call 1-800-922-7979, e-mail info@comshare.com, or visit Comshare's Web site at www.comshare.com. Comshare is a registered trademark; Comshare Decision is a trademark of Comshare, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. NOTE TO EDITORS: In the book title mentioned throughout this release, ''Business @ the Speed of Thought,'' the ''at'' symbol following the word ''Business'' may not appear properly in some systems.