ACD/ChemSketch 5.0 Operates under Linux using CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office

Toronto, Canada, August 23, 2004 -

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is pleased to announce that their freeware chemical drawing software, ACD/ChemSketch 5.0, can now be run under the Linux® operating system using CodeWeavers' CrossOver Office. This compatibility will enable students and educators who are Linux enthusiasts to join the 350,000 individuals worldwide who presently meet their structure drawing needs using ACD/ChemSketch freeware.

The growing popularity of the Linux operating system has led to numerous requests for a Linux-compatible version of ACD/ChemSketch. While there is currently no version of ACD/ChemSketch available that can run natively under Linux, the 5.0 freeware version has been successfully tested in CrossOver Office by CodeWeavers' advocates, and was shown to install and run analogous to how it would perform in the Windows® environment.

Antony Williams, Ph.D., V.P. Scientific Development and Marketing at ACD/Labs, comments, "The world of scientific software users is occupied by diverse computer platform advocates. We have received numerous requests to provide our software solutions on multiple platforms including Macintosh and Linux over the past few years. While we have supplied a number of our prediction algorithms on UNIX-based platforms, and these will be available shortly on Linux, the demands of releasing a GUI on multiple platforms adds significant overhead. Fortunately enough, PC emulation systems have been developed for Macintosh, and the recent efforts by CodeWeavers for Linux enable our multi-platform support. We look forward to hearing that there is a new group of ACD/ChemSketch users celebrating our capabilities on Linux."

ACD/ChemSketch enables users to quickly and easily draw molecules, reactions, and schematic diagrams, calculate physical properties, generate accurate IUPAC names for chemical structures, and design professional reports and presentations. ACD/ChemSketch is the portal to ACD/Labs' entire range of chemical and spectroscopic prediction, processing, and databasing software packages. The freeware version of ACD/ChemSketch is available for download at www.acdlabs.com/download/chemsk.html.

CrossOver Office is a Linux desktop productivity tool that allows users to run common MS Windows productivity applications and web browser plug-ins under the Linux operating system without requiring a Microsoft Windows OS license. A fully functional 30-day trial of CrossOver Office can be obtained from www.codeweavers.com/site/products. CrossOver Office is a commercial implementation of the Wine Project (www.winehq.org).

About Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc.

Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc., (ACD/Labs) is a chemistry software company offering solutions that truly integrate chemical structures with analytical chemistry information to produce ChemAnalytics™. ACD/Labs creates innovative software packages that aid chemical research scientists worldwide with spectroscopic validation of structures, elucidation of unknown substances, chromatographic separation, medicinal chemistry, preformulation of novel drug agents, systematic nomenclature generation, and chemical patenting and publication. Combined, ACD/Labs' solutions create an analytical informatics system that provides dramatic feed-forward effects on the chemical and pharmaceutical research process. Founded in 1993, and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, ACD/Labs employs a team of over 100 dedicated individuals whose continual efforts carry ACD/Labs' innovative technologies into pharmaceutical, biotech, chemical, and materials companies throughout the world. Information about Advanced Chemistry Development and its products can be found at www.acdlabs.com.

About CodeWeavers, Inc.

Founded in 1996 as a general software consultancy, CodeWeavers today focuses on the development of Wine and other Linux programming solutions. The company's goal is to bring expanded market opportunities for Windows software developers by making it easier, faster, and more painless to port Windows software to Linux. CodeWeavers is recognized as a leader in open-source Windows porting technology, and maintains development offices in Minnesota, California, the Netherlands, and Germany. The company is privately held. For more information about CodeWeavers, log on to www.codeweavers.com.