Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse Validated by IBM as Ready for WebSphere Studio Software Award along with Readers' Choice Finalist Award

Morrisville, NC — October 15, 2003 — SlickEdit® Inc., provider of the most comprehensive and flexible code editor available for software developers, announced today that Visual SlickEdit® Plug-In for WebSphere Studio* & Eclipse has been validated by IBM as Ready for IBM WebSphere Studio* software. Visual SlickEdit Plug-In is a feature-rich, highly customizable code editor that supports a wide range of programming languages. It provides advanced editing features and capabilities to help developers to code faster. This prestigious Ready for IBM WebSphere Studio software validation assures customers that WebSphere plug-ins meet the highest standards of WebSphere Studio integration.

SlickEdit recently announced that Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse earned the 2003 Apex for WebSphere Development Tools Editors' Choice Award and the 2003 Apex for WebSphere Development Tools Readers' Choice Finalist Award, both from e-Pro Magazine. The product also earned the 2003 Editors' Choice Developer Tools Award from WebSphere Advisor.

Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse is the advanced code editor that plugs right into both WebSphere Studio and Eclipse integrated development environments. WebSphere Studio is built on the open-source Eclipse framework and is designed to allow plug-ins to extend and add value to it.

The Ready for IBM WebSphere Studio software validation program provides WebSphere plug-in providers with comprehensive and detailed integration criteria for safe interoperability with WebSphere Studio and consistent behavior as a plug-in extension to WebSphere Studio. The central focus of the program requires that plug-in providers provide detailed documentation of compliance along with a live validation session proving that the product meets the compliance requirements.

"IBM is pleased that Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse is successfully validated through the Ready for IBM WebSphere Studio software validation program," stated Bob Sutor, Director of WebSphere Infrastructure Software. "This partner program continues to gain momentum, and SlickEdit adds multi-language code editing to the growing set of validated offerings for WebSphere Studio users."

Jill Maurer, SlickEdit CEO, added, "SlickEdit deeply understands that WebSphere plug-in products must interoperate smoothly with WebSphere Studio. Earning the Ready for IBM WebSphere Studio software validation for Visual SlickEdit Plug-In provides this assurance of smooth interoperability to IBM, ourselves and, most importantly, our customers."

About Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse
Visual SlickEdit Plug-In provides many innovative cross-language features and capabilities not provided by the WebSphere and Eclipse built-in editors. Visual SlickEdit Plug-In features include Context Tagging™ code completion with Javadoc comments, auto list members, auto list parameters and auto parameter info; the powerful DIFFzilla™ file, directory tree and symbolic differencing application; 3-way merge editing; syntax expansion; many search options; selective display; SmartPaste™; code beautifiers; and the ability to open files not in the workspace. Visual SlickEdit Plug-In is highly customizable with its built-in macro programming capability, the ability to bind any key to any editor command and its many built-in emulations such as Emacs and VI. In addition to its strong editing support for Java, JavaScript, JSP, HTML, COBOL, PL/I, XML and many other programming languages, file types and encodings, Visual SlickEdit Plug-In provides exceptionally strong C/C++ language support.

Visual SlickEdit Plug-In for WebSphere Studio & Eclipse is available today on Windows and Linux x86 platforms. A fully functional free trial product is available for download at www.slickedit.com/wstrial. Pricing for Visual SlickEdit Plug-In starts at $249.

About SlickEdit Inc.
SlickEdit Inc. provides software developers with the most comprehensive and flexible code editor available. SlickEdit products, proven across a wide range of programming languages and on Windows, Linux and UNIX platforms, enable even the most accomplished developers to code faster and meet increasingly aggressive deadlines. Formed in 1988, SlickEdit is a privately held company located in the center of North Carolina’s Research Triangle area. For more information, please visit www.slickedit.com.