Athena Design, Inc. Ships Mesa(TM) 2 for OS/2(R)                                
                                                                                
November 7, 1994 - Boston - Athena Design, Inc. begins shipping its             
eagerly awaited Mesa 2 spreadsheet software today.   A traditional              
spreadsheet that goes beyond tradition, Mesa 2 is natively developed            
to take advantage of popular OS/2 features.                                     
                                                                                
Designed with objects to the core, Mesa 2 for OS/2 is a powerful,               
full-featured, 32-bit, native OS/2 spreadsheet application. It takes            
advantage of OS/2 features, including multi-threading, large memory             
size, multi-tasking, drag & drop and the object-oriented user                   
interface.                                                                      
                                                                                
"Seeing our product come of age through its alpha and beta stages has           
been a really great experience," says David Pollak, president and               
chief developer of Athena Design, Inc.  "I'm incredibly psyched to be           
able to deliver Mesa 2 to an enthusiastic OS/2 market place, and to             
all the people who had the faith in  Mesa 2 to order the product                
sight unseen."                                                                  
                                                                                
As a native application, Mesa 2 thrives in OS/2's 32-bit environment.           
It offers context-sensitive pop-up menus and on-line help, as well as           
interoperability with other OS/2 applications. Each file is a 3-D               
workbook running in its own thread, meaning activity in one file                
won't interrupt users' work in another. Extensive graphing                      
capabilities and REXX scripting language support help make Mesa 2 the           
spreadsheet of choice for the discriminating OS/2 user. In addition,            
access to real-time data feeds and an object library allow developers           
to integrate Mesa's spreadsheet functionality into their own custom             
applications.                                                                   
                                                                                
Mesa 2 is available at the special introductory  price of $99 through           
January 15, 1995  plus shipping and handling. To order, customers may           
call 1-800-315-MESA or for international orders, contact your OS/2              
reseller. This special offer comes with a full on-line user's manual,           
a printed "Getting Started" guide, and 90 days of free technical                
support via e-mail or fax. Customers may also order the printed                 
version of the User's Guide for $19.95 (plus S&H).                              
                                                                                
Athena Design, Inc. was founded in 1989 by David Pollak to                      
manufacture and sell Mesa spreadsheet software for 32-bit operating             
environments. For more information about Athena Design or Mesa                  
spreadsheet software, contact the company at 1.617.734.6372, fax at             
1.617.734.1130 or by e-mail at info@athena.com.                                 
                                                                                
Athena Design, Inc. is a member of IBM's Developer Assistance                   
Program.                                                                        
                                                                                
Mesa and MOLI are trademarks of Athena Design, Inc. - OS/2 is a                 
registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation             
Other trademarks which apply belong to their respective companies.