MySQL AB and Nusphere Corporation Announce Settlement

UPPSALA, Sweden and BEDFORD, Massachusetts, (November 7, 2002)

MySQL AB, developer of the world's most popular open source database, and NuSphere Corporation, an independent operating company of Progress Software Corporation, today announced a settlement of the dispute between the two companies regarding use of the MySQL trademarks, copyrights, and compliance with the GNU General Public License (GPL). The settlement resolves all outstanding issues between the two companies including ownership and use of trademarks and domain names and assignment to MySQL AB of copyrights for all NuSphere contributions to the MySQL program, and MySQL AB has issued a letter to NuSphere Corporation verifying GPL compliance.

"We are happy to resolve this dispute," said Olivier Beutels, Sales Executive, Northern Europe, MySQL AB. "These past months of discussion with NuSphere regarding trademark rights and GPL issues have confirmed for us all that open source software can flourish free under the GPL license and commercially when the situation merits it."

"We are pleased to reach this amicable settlement and resolve the issues between the two companies," said Dmitri Dmitrienko, General Manager Europe, NuSphere Corporation. "We look forward to getting back to the normal run of business and plan to continue shipping the MySQL database in the NuSphere Technology Platform, and remain focused on our flagship product."

About MySQL AB

MySQL AB develops, markets and supports the MySQL database server, the world's most popular open source database. With over 4 million installations and 27,000 downloads per day, MySQL is the de facto open source database leader and is quickly becoming the core of many high-volume, business-critical applications. The MySQL database is available under the free software/open source GNU General Public License (GPL) or a non-GPL commercial license. For more information about MySQL, please go to www.mysql.com.

MySQL is a registered trademark of MySQL AB in Sweden and other countries. MySQL is a trademark in the United States and other countries.

About NuSphere Corporation

NuSphere delivers the first Internet Application Platform (IAP) based on open source components, providing an integrated foundation that allows companies to deploy reliable, cost-effective, enterprise-class applications across Windows, UNIX and Linux environments. NuSphere® PHPEd™ Advantage is an integrated software suite that pairs the reliability and cost-effectiveness of PHP, Apache, Perl and open source databases with PHPEd, the leading PHP development environment for building business-critical web applications and web services. Based in Bedford, Mass., the company's commercial software services include technical support, consulting and training. For more information, visit www.nusphere.com or call +1-781-280-4600.

NuSphere is a registered trademark of NuSphere Corporation in the United States and other countries. PHPEd is a trademark of NuSphere Corporation in the United States and other countries. Other marks mentioned in this press release are the trademarks of their respective owners.