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myWebOS.com Press Release
( Wednesday February 09 2000 )

Fast-moving Startup Poised to Capture Web-based B2B Application Delivery Market

BALTIMORE, MD, February 09, 2000 - Continuing to expand its cache of business application partners, myWebOS.com today announced that it has secured relationships with McAfee.com (Nasdaq:MCAF), NetAbacus, Halfbrain.com and Metier, Ltd. Through these partnerships, myWebOS.com is able to offer Application Service Providers (ASPs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and small-to-mid size businesses the infrastructure to access a myriad of business applications in an advertisement-free, workplace environment. Licensing agreements for ISPs and other business portal sites leverage myWebOS.com technology while maintaining the licensee's brand identity.

As the rentable software market explodes, myWebOS.com is positioned as a business-to-business market leader by offering the fastest, most cost-effective and convenient way to purchase and use Web-based business applications. Building and leveraging an array of business application partners is a critical element of myWebOS.com's vision of a democratized software industry. For example, through the relationship with McAfee.com, millions of McAfee.com users from more than 230 countries will be able to experience and purchase business-grade applications via myWebOS.com. The full cache of business applications partners including halfbrain.com and Metier, Ltd. expands and reinforces the company's commitment to providing users with the highest-quality business applications.

myWebOS.com Business Application Partners

McAfee.com will offer myWebOS users "McAfee Clinic Services," a new Internet-based approach to protecting, maintaining and optimizing PCs
NetAbacus will provide myWebOS users with WebPO(TM), a Web-based purchase order management system that saves small and mid-sized businesses time and money by simplifying the purchasing process
Halfbrain.com will provide users with its free Web-based spreadsheet application (BrainMatter(TM)) that has the power to incorporate live data from a variety of sources so that user communities can gather, aggregate and analyze information within one interface
Metier, Ltd. combines Project Management, Knowledge Management, Activity-based costing and Timesheets into one Internet application and supporting service, ePM(TM).

"myWebOS.com is the leading platform for businesses to find, use and purchase a large selection of business-to-business Web-based applications," says Shervin Pishevar, president and CEO of myWebOS.com. "Working with the best-of-breed applications partners is critical component of our strategy. As the rentable software market grows, myWebOS.com will continue to establish partnerships that expand and positively impact the industry."

Currently, myWebOS.com offers Hyperoffice 2000, a comprehensive office productivity suite that includes Hyperword, the first free Web-based word processor, email, calendar, and contact management, as well as other business-oriented applications. In addition to McAfee.com, Halfbrain.com and Metier, Ltd., myWebOS.com also includes business-to-business applications from dialpad.com, Employease, Inc., On the Go Software, Orbit Commerce, Inc., and Voice Mobility Inc. myWebOS.com's business applications can be accessed by businesses for internal use, or resold to end users through ISPs (Internet Service Providers) and ASPs (Application Service Providers).

About myWebOS.com, Inc.

Based in Baltimore, Maryland, myWebOS.com was founded in February 1998 by Shervin Pishevar, president and CEO, and Drew Morris, Chief Technology Officer. The company developed myWebOS, the first Web-based operating system that makes the World Wide Web the application and data network for personal users and small to mid-size businesses. Launched in November 1999, myWebOS has more than 50,000 registered users. For more information about myWebOS.com, please visit www.mywebos.com.

About McAfee.com

Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., McAfee.com is a leading global consumer Application Service Provider (ASP) devoted to providing PC users with online services to secure, manage, repair, update and upgrade their PCs over the Internet. Combined with a range of content, shopping and personalization services, McAfee.com has attracted millions of users in over 230 countries and territories to become one of the largest and most targeted communities for PC users on the Internet. For more information, McAfee.com can be reached at (408) 572-1500 or on the Internet at http://www.mcafee.com.

About NetAbacus Corporation

NetAbacus Corporation is a leading provider of web-based B2B e-commerce services for small and medium-sized businesses. Its service offerings leverage the phenomenal growth of B2B transactions in an easy-to-use, available-anywhere environment. NetAbacus delivers its solutions in collaboration with partners from the online procurement and financial services industries, as well as through complementary service providers such as MyWebOS. Founded in 1999 by an experienced management team from the software, services, and Internet industries, NetAbacus is a privately-held company based in San Francisco. For more information, please visit www.netabacus.com, call (415) 777-0067 x228 or email [email protected].

About Halfbrain.com

Halfbrain.com is a leading provider of intelligent B2B and B2C applications that can seek, query, analyze and present information from a variety of web-based and other data sources. Its founding application, BrainMatter(TM), is the first fully featured spreadsheet written in dynamic HTML, enabling users to access applications without plug-ins, Java or downloads. Halfbrain seeks to reinvent the web with tools that transform static pages into intelligent applications. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and can be reached via www.halfbrain.com or (415) 576-9500.

About Metier, Ltd.

Metier Ltd. is the leading Internet Business Service for managing all types of project work via the Internet. Metier, in the form of ePM, supplies a patent-pending software tool and optional analytic service. ePM provides companies with the ability to retain and intelligently utilize the corporate knowledge of employee work activities. The competitive advantage of ePM resides in addressing the human elements of work dynamics that, if analyzed and understood, allow an organization to influence future behavior, reduce process costs, and perform more efficiently. ePM captures these elements in a structured way and with the help of Metier trained and supplied analysts, supports all clients in order to maximize project management efforts and find solutions to project problems. For more information visit www.metierltd.com and www.epmbymetier.com or contact Metier at (202) 973-8113, Fax (202) 973-8114.

Contact: Al Black, Ketchum
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