Metrowerks Ships New Version of CodeWarrior, Discover Programming Edition

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Metrowerks Ships New Version of CodeWarrior, Discover Programming Edition

AUSTIN, Texas — June 24, 1997 — Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, Tuesday announced they are now shipping CodeWarrior(R), Discover Programming Edition, a powerful set of learning tools designed for both the novice and the experienced programmer. Metrowerks has two versions of the Discover Programming Edition, one for Macintosh(R) and one for Windows(R) 95/NT.

"The new Discover Programming Edition represents incredible value for $ 79," said Dave Mark, vice president, Discover/Academic Products.

"Both the Windows and Mac versions now ship with four of the most popular programming languages: Java, C, C++, and Pascal. You also get a series of electronic books, all the documentation, a bunch of useful programming tools, and a lot more. I wish I had CodeWarrior Discover Programming when I first started learning to program."

About CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition Both the Mac(R) and Windows editions contain a complete working copy of Metrowerks' CodeWarrior product, including the new IDE (Integrated Development Environment) 2.0 recently introduced with CodeWarrior Professional. The IDE includes a project manager, code editor, code browser, compilers and linkers, debugger, and other tools.

In addition to the electronic books and tutorials, Discover Programming Edition supplies a quantity of sample code to help make learning fun and easy.

Price and Availability CodeWarrior Discover Programming Edition is now shipping, priced at US$ 79, and is available from Metrowerks and Metrowerks authorized resellers.

CodeWarrior, Discover Programming Edition, is strictly a learning environment and is not licensed for commercial development. However, anyone who purchases a copy of Discover Programming Edition is eligible for the CodeWarrior Professional competitive upgrade of US$ 449.

About CodeWarrior CodeWarrior is an intuitive suite of software development tools that includes an award-winning IDE complete with project manager, resource and text editors, debugger, class browser, on-line documentation and tutorials. CodeWarrior's cross-platform compilers support C, C++, Object Pascal and Java, and allow programmers to build applications for Windows 95, Windows NT(R) and Mac(R) OS, all from one unique development environment.

About Metrowerks Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports a complete line of programming tools used for software development for a number of operating systems and microprocessors.

Intended for use on desktop computers or embedded systems, these operating systems include Mac OS, Windows 95, Windows NT, PlayStation(TM) OS, BeOS(TM) and Palm(TM) OS, running on 68K, PowerPC(TM), MIPS(R) and x86 microprocessors. Metrowerks' CodeWarrior products are used by over 70,000 registered users in 70 countries.

More information is available by visiting http://www.metrowerks.com on the web.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks Inc. Apple, Macintosh and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows and Windows NT are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other company and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are hereby recognized.

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Metrowerks Inc., Austin
Gordy Davies, 512/873-4797
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