VANCOUVER, BC, 2002/01/15 - ActiveState®, the leader in open source
programming tools, and ANSYS®, Inc. (NASDAQ: ANSS), the global innovator
of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product
development processes, today announced a partnership, to bring the
Tcl/Tk (toolkit) to the Windows XP 64-bit platform running on Intel®
Itanium™ processor-based systems.

ActiveState and ANSYS, Inc. are the first to provide a port for Tcl/Tk
on the Windows XP 64-bit platform running on Itanium-based systems.
Currently this version of Tcl/Tk, available only through ActiveState,
provides the Tcl/Tk toolkit to the worldwide community on the Itanium
processor. However, ActiveState and ANSYS, Inc. will provide the Itanium
processor ported code to the Tcl/Tk open source community. The
incorporation of Tcl/Tk into the ANSYS Release 6.1 software suite will
provide ANSYS users with an enhanced graphical user interface (GUI).
Additionally, ANSYS users will have the capability to enhance and
customize the ANSYS GUI menus, dialog boxes, buttons, wizards and other
GUI options.

"We're delighted to work with ANSYS in building on ActiveState's Tcl
initiatives to port Tcl/Tk and key extensions to Windows XP-64 platforms
running on Itanium-based systems. These contributions will enable a wide
range of users to take advantage of Tcl's ease-of-use on the Intel
Itanium processor family," said Jeff Hobbs, Tcl Technical Lead,
ActiveState.

"We are pleased to build this relationship with ActiveState to provide
ANSYS software users with the GUI interface options needed to enhance
their development processes," stated Mike Wheeler, vice president of
marketing for ANSYS, Inc. "Working with an open-source code provider
offers users with immediate updates and feedback to expedite their
process, saving time and money."

"It's been great working with ActiveState and ANSYS on this project to
extend Tcl's platform list to include Itanium-based systems," said
Melissa Laird, Director of Intel's Developer Services and Support.
"Their contribution to the community is invaluable to users who want to
embed Tcl or work in native mode on our new platform."

Other ActiveState Tcl initiatives comprise hosting of the primary Tcl
community website. ActiveState also provides Tcl tools and resources in
a single value package through ASPN Tcl. The company offers support for
Tcl applications and internals on a wide range of platforms with the
TclClinic on a per-incident basis, as a prepaid support contract, or
through ActiveState's TclDirect. Future plans include Visual Tcl, a Tcl
plugin to Microsoft’s Visual Studio .NET.

About ActiveState
ActiveState is the leading provider of open source based programming
products and services for cross-platform development. ActiveState's key
technologies are Perl, the Internet's most popular programming language;
Python and Tcl, user-friendly scripting languages; PHP, the dynamic Web
programming language; and XSLT, the XML transformation language.

About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS, Inc., founded in 1970 as Swanson Analysis Systems, Inc., develops
and globally markets engineering simulation software and technologies
widely used by engineers and designers across a broad spectrum of
industries, including aerospace, automotive, manufacturing, electronics
and biomedical. Headquartered at Southpointe in Canonsburg, PA, ANSYS,
Inc. employs 400 people and focuses on the development of open and
flexible solutions that enable users to analyze designs directly on the
desktop, providing a common platform for fast, efficient and
cost-conscious product development, from design concept to final-stage
testing and validation. ANSYS, Inc. distributes its ANSYS®,
DesignSpace®, AI* Solutions™, CADOE and ICEM-CFD Engineering products
through a network of channel partners in 37 countries, in addition to
its own direct sales offices in 18 strategic locations throughout the
world. For additional information on ANSYS, Inc., please visit
http://www.ansys.com.

Media and Analyst Contacts:
Lori Pike, ActiveState
Dawn C. Tappy, ANSYS, Inc.




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