Thursday March 7, 7:02 am Eastern Time

Mainsoft Unveils New Guarantee - Windows to Unix in 90 Days or Less

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Mainsoft Corporation today announces the availability of its 90-Day Porting Program. This offering guarantees that Mainsoft experts will port a software company's Windows application to UNIX in under 90 days for a fixed price.

Software companies delivering cross-platform solutions need this fixed-time, fixed-price program if they have a critical need to get applications ported, but don't have the expertise, budget or time to execute a complex porting project in-house. This new program enables customers to completely outsource their Windows-to-UNIX porting project to Mainsoft experts, who will use the industry leading application porting platform, Visual MainWin, to port the application in less than 90 days.

"Our promise to deliver a new UNIX version of a Windows application in 90 days is a life-saver for customers who urgently need their Windows application available on UNIX," said Ron Johnsen, Director of Mainsoft Global Services. "We guarantee not to overrun deadlines or budgets, something in-house resources can't do."

In addition to customers knowing exactly when their UNIX products will be available, Mainsoft enables customers to protect their budgets by guaranteeing the work for a fixed price at the beginning of the project. Clients are also assured their newly ported application meets precise quality requirements, defined by the customer prior to the work commencing, without burdening their limited resources.

ESRI, the world's leading Global Information Systems provider based in Redlands, Calif., has already realized the benefits of Mainsoft's outsourced porting solution. ESRI's flagship product, ArcGIS, the world's largest COM based application, was rapidly ported to UNIX by Mainsoft. Mainsoft's porting experts made the difference in successfully completing the project according to the client.

"Our comprehensive Windows-based application needed to be ported to UNIX quickly," said Clint Brown, Director of Software Products at ESRI. "Mainsoft's consulting team worked with us immediately to define the project and delivered the ported application back to us in one-fifth the time it would have taken us to do it ourselves. Mainsoft had the expertise to help us move our product line across Windows and UNIX platforms."

As part of a strategic cross-platform development plan, Mainsoft's 90 Day Porting Program promises to keep customers on-time and on-budget. For information contact Ron Johnsen at ronj@mainsoft.com, call 1-800-MAINWIN or visit www.mainsoft.com/90-days.

About Mainsoft
Mainsoft Corporation, the software porting company, enables businesses to develop applications once and deploy them to many UNIX environments simultaneously. Mainsoft is headquartered in San Jose and has offices in Chicago, Washington D.C., London and Israel. The world's largest independent software vendors and Fortune 1000 IT departments have used Mainsoft to port their applications since 1993. Mainsoft is owned in part by Crystal Systems Solutions Ltd. (Nasdaq:CRYS - news). For more information and a free evaluation, visit www.mainsoft.com/90-days.

About Crystal Systems Solutions Crystal Systems Solutions Ltd. is a global provider of software products and tools for the modernization of existing legacy applications. Crystal's solutions enhance the software functionality within the corporate environment while efficiently deploying updated business processes and technologies. Crystal Systems Solutions is a member of the Formula Group (Nasdaq: FORTY - news), the largest Israeli IT group. For more information, visit www.crystal-sys.com.

NOTE: Mainsoft Corporation and "the software porting company" are trademarks, and Mainsoft and MainWin are registered trademarks of Mainsoft Corporation. All other products or company names mentioned are used for identification purposes only, and may be trademarked, registered, or copyrighted by their respective owners.

CONTACT:
Suzanne Kushner of Mainsoft Corporation, 1-408-544-1405, or suzannek@mainsoft.com.