Adobe introduces Acrobat Distiller Server on Linux and offers FrameMaker trial from the Adobe.com Web site

San Jose, Calif., (December 15, 1999) (Nasdaq:ADBE)--With the Linux operating system gaining momentum as a significant platform for helping companies build their Internet infrastructures, Adobe Systems today announced its initial support for Linux®. Beginning in the first quarter of 2000 Adobe expects to offer a Linux version of Adobe® Acrobat® Distiller® software. Starting today Adobe customers can download a beta version of Adobe FrameMaker® software for Linux from the Adobe.com Web site.

"Adobe monitors its markets closely to keep apprised of customer trends and requirements, and we've seen a growing interest among our customers in the adoption of the Linux operating system," said Bruce Chizen, Adobe's executive vice president of Worldwide Products and Marketing. "As we seize new opportunities to provide solutions that can be easily scaled to take advantage of the Web, we are encouraged that Linux seems to have potential as an alternative platform for our customers."

Convert Volumes of Adobe PostScript Files to Adobe PDF
As Adobe Acrobat software has become the essential tool for document exchange in the enterprise, Adobe customers have requested a server-based solution for high-volume conversion of PostScript files to Adobe PDF. The Adobe Acrobat Distiller Server on Linux, Sun™ SPARC™ Solaris™ and Windows® NT® will provide users with a flexible, automated mechanism for creating Adobe PDF documents. In addition, a Linux version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader™ software is already available at no charge from the Adobe.com Web site.

Publish to Print and Web with FrameMaker
Adobe FrameMaker 5.5.6 is an integrated solution for document creation and publishing. It provides many sophisticated features including, full featured WYSIWYG word processing, sophisticated formatting controls and powerful table designing facilities. Productivity enhancing features, such as template re-use, book building tools, support for cross-references, index and table of contents creation, help users make short work of long documents. Additionally, FrameMaker documents can be output to HTML, XML or Adobe PDF, as well as to print, making it an all-in-one publishing solution.

Availability
Adobe Acrobat Distiller Server software for Linux, Sun SPARC Solaris and Windows NT is expected to be available in Q1 2000. The beta version of Adobe FrameMaker for Linux is available now from the Adobe.com Web site. http://www.adobe.com/products/framemaker/fmlinux.html.

About Adobe Systems Incorporated

Founded in 1982, Adobe Systems builds award-winning software solutions for Web and print publishing. Its graphic design, imaging, dynamic media, and authoring tools enable customers to create, publish and deliver visually rich content for various types of media. The company's products are used by Web and graphic designers, professional publishers, document-intensive organizations, business users, and consumers. Adobe is the fourth largest U.S.-based personal software company, with annual revenues approaching $1 billion. It employs over 2,800 employees worldwide and has operations in North America, Europe, the Pacific Rim, Japan and Latin America. Adobe's worldwide headquarters are in San Jose, California and its web site is located at www.adobe.com.

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, delays in shipment of the Company"s new products, introduction of new products by major competitors, and dependence on third parties. For further discussion of the risks and uncertainties, readers should refer to the Company"s SEC filings including the 1998 annual report on Form 10K and the quarterly reports on Form 10Q available at http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/invrelations/main.html