NEWS Release Thoroughbred Software International, Inc. 19 Schoolhouse Rd, Somerset, NJ 08875 Contact: Mark Lewis mdl@tbred.com (281) 528-7391 Thoroughbred Software International, Inc. and MAI Systems Corporation Form Strategic Partnership June 8, 2001 - Somerset, NJ Thoroughbred announced today a strategic partnership with MAI Systems Corporation (Amex: NOW http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=now&d=t - news http://biz.yahoo.com/n/n/now.html") where they will jointly co-operate on technology for MAI's CIMPRO Process Manufacturing System (http://www.cimprosoftware.com) to closely integrate THOROUGHBRED tools and enhanced features to the CIMPRO Process Manufacturing application as well as to provide maintenance and support for Thoroughbred's new products. Thoroughbred (http://www.tbred.com) is the developer of the Thoroughbred application generator that is the underlying middleware technology for CIMPRO. The cooperation between MAI and THOROUGHBRED will result in a number of new Thoroughbred products being immediately available to the CIMPRO user including OPENworkshop(r), TS WebServer(tm), OPENBrowser(tm), Dictionary-IV(tm) TS ODBC DataServer(tm), TS ReportServer(tm), DataSafeGuard(tm), and Thoroughbred Consulting Services and Software Maintenance Programs. These products will enable the CIMPRO user to extend CIMPRO's data accessibility and provides the software and methodology to establish e-Business (B2B) and e-Commerce with the existing CIMPRO software. Thoroughbred's DataSafeGuard(tm) Transaction Journaling/Logging system will provide disaster recovery and redundancy in the event of software or hardware failure with a current snapshot every transaction up to the point of failure, and fast recovery routine from the last good system back up. "Although the Thoroughbred products have been available for some time, there has not been a concentrated effort to integrate the package and its capabilities to the CIMPRO user community," Said Mark Lewis, V.P. Sales and Marketing for Thoroughbred. "We believe that this partnership with MAI Systems will provide CIMPRO with modern, state-of-the-art capabilities required to succeed in today's business climate. We look forward to working jointly with MAI Systems and the CIMPRO customers," Lewis added. Rich Surdez, Vice President & General Manager of MAI's Process Manufacturing Division commented "This agreement further strengthens our commitment to our CIMPRO Classic users enabling them to protect their software investment, while providing a means to integrate emerging Internet e-Commerce and e-Business solutions with their existing CIMPRO Classic software." "We are excited about this partnership and look forward to helping our customers expand the capabilities of CIMPRO to address the challenges of today's business environment ," Surdez added. About Thoroughbred Software Solutions CIMPRO Classic is developed with and operates on Thoroughbred development and runtime environments offering a wide choice of hardware and operating platforms including: UNIX, Windows NT/2000, Linux and VMS. Thoroughbreds TS WebServer(tm) provides CIMPRO with a real-time, dynamic e-Commerce/e-Business capability. Other Thoroughbred system applications include: TS ODBC DataServer(m), a Read/Write ODBC access tool; TS ReportServer(tm), a Windows based report delivery application; Query-IV(tm), a SQL based report generator; and DataSafeGuard(tm), a system recovery and hot swap application. For more information on Thoroughbred products and solutions visit the Thoroughbred website at http://www.tbred.com. About Thoroughbred Software International, Inc. Thoroughbred Software International, Inc. is a worldwide provider of scaleable, enterprise-wide development and run-time software solutions and consulting services for applications developers and end-users. Thoroughbred's keystone products include OPENworkshop(r), an Object Oriented Rapid Application Development system, and TS WebServer(tm) providing e-Commerce and e-Business solutions for integrated deployment of Thoroughbred-based applications including CIMPRO on the Internet. Thoroughbred also provides a number of system and data access support tools including TS ODBC DataServer(tm). Thoroughbred has over 280,000 systems installed worldwide. About CIMPRO Software Solutions CIMPRO Classic, enterprise resource planning solutions, are specifically designed to meet the unique requirements of the mid-range process manufacturer. The system offers a unique blend of functionality through a suite of integrated application modules designed to share information across the entire business enterprise. The systems flexibility and open modular design had made the CIMPRO system a proven solution in over 300 manufacturing installations. For more information on CIMPRO Software Solutions visit the CIMPRO website at http://www.cimprosoftware.com. About MAI Systems Corporation MAI Systems Corporation (Amex: NOW http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=now&d=t ) is a full-service, worldwide, enterprise solution provider to multi-site, mid-size and large businesses in the hospitality and process manufacturing industries which are serviced by the company's Hotel Information Systems and CIMPRO Software Solutions divisions respectively. MAI specializes in Information System (IS) re-engineering and support via vertical applications, services and products which deliver customized solutions that grow and adapt with the changing needs of clients. Visit http://www.tbred.com/whatever.html for additional information.