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Novell Announces Licensing Agreement With Hewlett-Packard Multimedia Home Computers Now Come Bundled With Novell Consumer Software OREM, Utah--April 3, 1995--Novell, Inc. today announced a licensing agreement for its consumer division products with the Home Products Division of Hewlett-Packard Company, a manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services. The bundle will provide homes with productivity tools, entertainment and education for kids. The Novell consumer division products being bundled include WordPerfect Works, Clip Art for the Home, Wallobee Jack: The Secret of the Sphinx, Read with Me 1& 2, Write with Me and Memphis Math: Treasure of the Tombs. The bundle is targeted exclusively at the home market. The Main Street titles will be included on the HP Multimedia 6100 Series, which includes three models in a price range from $1,699 to $2,299. This all-age multimedia package is expected to be available to consumers at the end of April. "These consumer software titles from Novell will provide an enriching computing experience that everyone in the family will enjoy," said Jeff Mallett, vice president and general manager, Novell consumer products division. "Adults will enjoy the productivity they gain from our PerfectWorks packages and kids will love the activities included in our entertainment and educational software." "We are providing consumers with multimedia PCs preloaded with a wide range of popular software," said Harry "Webb" McKinney, general manager of HP's Home Products Division. "The WordPerfect Main Street software bundle provides the quality, value and end-user support that will meet our customers' expectations and our early market goals." WordPerfect Works is Novell's integrated works package that features six modules # a word-processor, spreadsheet, database, draw, paint and communications. Clip Art for Home lets users dress up cards or letters, while Wallobee Jack provides hours of interactive cartoon fun for users ages 7 and up. Read With Me 1&2 gives children a head start on reading by helping them develop color, shape, number, letter and word recognition skills. Write with Me lets kids create cards, signs, letters and books while building alphabet familiarization, word recognition and overall writing skills. Memphis Math is a math adventure that focuses on fractions, decimals and percents while exploring the tombs of ancient Egypt. Read with Me has received a Family PC recommendation and Memphis Math has received awards from Media& Methods and Parents Choice. These award-winning education titles were developed for Novell by the Waterford Institute, a non-profit research center specializing in multimedia education software for children. HP machines will be available with the Main Street products at the end of April in Circuit City stores. Other products to be bundled in the HP offering include Quicken SE, Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia, Simply House by 4Home Productions, Microsoft Home CD Sampler and America Online, CompuServe and Prodigy. Main Street consumer software is also licensed by Pionex, Quantex and 3D Micro of Canada. Other software bundling agreements will be announced during 1995. Novell consumer software continues to make home computers more practical and computing more pervasive with a wide range of titles in the areas of personal productivity, family entertainment and home education. Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global manufacturer of computing, communications and measurement products and services recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 98,200 employees and had revenue of $25 billion in its 1994 fiscal year. The business of Novell, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOVL) is connecting people with other people and the information they need, enabling them to act on it anytime, anyplace. Novell is the world's leading network software provider. The company's software products provide the distributed infrastructure, network services, advanced network access and network applications required to make networked information and pervasive computing an integral part of everyone's daily life. Since 1976, the Waterford Institute has pioneered the development of educational computer software. The nonprofit institute conducts research at its own school and in public schools on effectively using technology in reading and math instruction. Waterford develops educational software, video and other materials, many which have received national acclaim for their educational merit. WordPerfect is a registered trademark of Novell, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
Press Contacts: Wendy Rapier Novell, Inc. (801) 228-7245 Fax: (801) 228-7274 wendyr@novell.com
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