FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited Wins Codie Award For Best Numeric/Database Software

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SAN DIEGO, CA -- March 13, 2001 -- The Software & Information Industry

Association honored FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited with a prestigious Codie

Award for Best Numeric/Database Software here Monday.

The SIIA selected FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited over IBM DB2 Universal

Database v7.1 and three other finalists.

FileMaker Pro 5 Unlimited enables workgroups to create and publish

databases over the Web. It is part of the FileMaker award-winning line of

database tools for workgroups.

FileMaker Developer 5, the essential database-creating tool kit for

corporate and commercial developers, was a Codie finalist for Best

Application Development Product.

The SIIA Codie Awards showcase the industry's finest products and

services and honor excellence in the software and information industry.

Winners were honored at the SIIA annual conference.

FileMaker is a worldwide leader in database tools for workgroups and

individuals, from the desktop to the Web. Its award-winning FileMaker

line of database software provides relational power, instant and custom

Web publishing and legendary ease-of-use. FileMaker is a subsidiary of

Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL).