Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0 joins Microsoft VisualStudio.NET evaluation program in France

Rapidly translate applications for Microsoft Windows, the net, and mobile devices

DUBLIN and PARIS – December 2, 2003 – Alchemy Software Development Limited, the leading visual translation tools provider, today announced that their recently released, Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0, will be bundled together with the evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003. This is a joint marketing and sales programme for .NET partners coordinated through CNET in France.

The bundle deal, which extends to March 2005, will cover all evaluation versions of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET in the French market and is expected to reach in excess of 25,000 developers working with Microsoft .NET technologies.

“High-quality translation of software applications is crucial to the success of multi-national companies” said Tony O'Dowd, CEO Alchemy Software Development, “and our visual localization solution, Alchemy CATALYST™ 5.0, is highly complimentary to Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003. It helps localization engineers translate their .NET applications into multiple foreign languages in parallel with their development teams, improving their time-to-market and creating new revenue growth opportunities.”

Alchemy Software Development Ltd. has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland at Harcourt Business Center, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2.

Alchemy Software Development Limited
Alchemy Software Development is the market leader and pioneer of Software Globalization Solutions. Multinational enterprises developing applications for Java, Windows9x, NT, ME, 2000, XP, SymbianOS, .NET, and XML, use Alchemy technology to accelerate entry to international markets, improving revenue growth opportunities and reducing their costs.

Alchemy's technology is designed to boost the efficiency and quality of globalizing software products and is used by software development and globalization companies worldwide. With over 8,000 licenses installed worldwide, Alchemy CATALYST™ is used by translators, software engineers, quality assurance specialists and project managers and is referred to as the Gold Standard in Localization.

Corel Corporation Limited holds a 24.9% stake in Alchemy Software Development Ltd. Alchemy Software Development has offices and facilities in Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States.

For more information on the company and its products, please refer to http://www.alchemysoftware.ie/