San Francisco—May 29, 2002—MacromediaInc. (Nasdaq: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of Macromedia ColdFusion MX, the rapid server scripting environment for creating rich Internet applications. Macromedia ColdFusion MX, previously code-named "Neo," brings the proven ease of use and productivity of ColdFusion to the highly scalable, standards-based Java technology architecture. ColdFusion MX offers innovations for creating rich Internet applications and working with XML, web services, and the Microsoft .NET Framework. Macromedia ColdFusion MX is available for immediate purchase from the Macromedia Online Store at www.macromedia.com/go/buycfmx/.

Macromedia ColdFusion MX is an integral member of the new Macromedia MX product family, which also includes Macromedia Flash MX, Dreamweaver MX (shipping today, see separate release), Fireworks MX (shipping today, see separate release), and Macromedia FreeHand. The ColdFusion MX preview release has been downloaded more than 185,000 times by developers. ColdFusion MX is built on a breakthrough new architecture that delivers the scalability, reliability, and power of the Java platform without the complexity. Macromedia Flash MX and ColdFusion MX are completely integrated to enable developers to easily create rich Internet applications that combine the responsiveness and functionality of client/server applications with the reach and low cost deployment of the Internet. The Macromedia MX product family provides the best way to create and deploy rich Internet applications across leading platforms and devices. For details of new features in ColdFusion MX, visit www.macromedia.com/go/cfmxnew/.

"ColdFusion MX exceeded our expectations for compatibility, reliability, and performance, in addition to delivering powerful new features," said Jason Clark, chief technology officer, e-Zone Media, a Macromedia Alliance partner. "Our application, initially written using ColdFusion 5, includes over 42,000 lines of code and it ran on ColdFusion MX without any modifications. We've had it running reliably in production on sites delivering over a million hits per day with outstanding reliability and performance that exceeds ColdFusion 5."

Wilmington Trust, a provider of financial services for corporate and institutional clients around the world, has already deployed a ColdFusion MX application created by InvestEdge, a Macromedia Alliance partner, which ties into their legacy systems and provides their end users with real-time portfolio management and reporting.

"The web services and XML capabilities of ColdFusion MX are extremely powerful. Using other technologies, it would take me five weeks to integrate my applications, but with the new web services and XML capabilities of ColdFusion MX, I can do the same thing in one week," said Roland Collins, chief technical officer, InvestEdge. "By implementing the InvestEdge application built with ColdFusion MX, our financial services customers, like Wilmington Trust, can now realize a return on investment in just a few months."

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
The ColdFusion MX family comprises two product lines. The ColdFusion MX Server line is available immediately from the Macromedia Online Store (www.macromedia.com/store/). Pricing for ColdFusion MX Server Professional Edition is $799 per server, with upgrades at $549; ColdFusion MX Enterprise Edition is $4999 per server, with upgrades at $2499. The ColdFusion MX for J2EE Application Servers product line, with optimized versions for Macromedia JRun, IBM WebSphere Application Server, and Sun ONE Application Server are expected to ship in the third calendar quarter of 2002. ColdFusion MX for BEA WebLogic Server is expected to ship later this year. Education, government, and volume licensing is available.

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