San Francisco, California—January 7, 2002—Macromedia, Inc. (NASDAQ: MACR) today announced the immediate availability of Macromedia ColdFusion Server 5 Developer Edition. This free, non-expiring, full-featured edition works on a single computer to enable customers to develop applications for ColdFusion Server 5, a leading web application server. To download the server, visit www.macromedia.com/go/cfdeved.

"Macromedia wants to make it as simple as possible for people to realize the benefits of using ColdFusion Server to deliver robust web applications," said Jeff Whatcott, Director, ColdFusion Server Business, Macromedia. "ColdFusion Server 5 provides the most approachable, cost-effective solution for creating interactive user experiences, and the developer edition puts that power into the hands of developers at no cost."

ColdFusion Server 5 offers major enhancements in development, administration and performance to customers such as StoneAge.com, Binney & Smith, and American Power Conversion. A new integrated charting engine, advanced full text searching, and new language features enable faster development of business applications. Extensive new administrative tools reduce the time and costs for deploying and managing ColdFusion applications. ColdFusion 5 also delivers a significant performance increase - running some applications as much as three times faster than ColdFusion 4.5. For complete details on ColdFusion 5 features, visit www.macromedia.com/coldfusion/.

A free, 30-day trial version of Macromedia ColdFusion 5 UltraDev 4 Studio is also available online, combining the code-editing strengths of ColdFusion Studio 5 with the leading visual authoring environment of Dreamweaver UltraDev 4 for developing dynamic web applications. This studio integrates the leading development environments for ColdFusion applications, providing developers with a productive toolset for creating, managing, debugging, and deploying powerful web applications for ColdFusion Server 5.

PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
Macromedia ColdFusion Server 5 Developer Edition is available immediately as a free download from www.macromedia.com/go/cfdeved. The server is available in English for Windows. ColdFusion Server 5 Professional and ColdFusion Server 5 Enterprise Edition can be purchased from the Macromedia Online Store at www.macromedia.com/store/.

ABOUT MACROMEDIA
Macromedia is passionate about what the web can be. Its award-winning products empower designers and developers to efficiently create and deliver the most engaging experiences on the web, and enable innovative Internet business applications. Headquartered in San Francisco, Macromedia has more than 1,500 employees worldwide and is available on the Internet at www.macromedia.com.