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Maplesoft’s Maple engine will no longer be sold by The MathWorks under the product name Symbolic Math Toolbox



Maplesoft™ and The MathWorks will offer a comprehensive transition plan for existing customers of the Symbolic and Extended Symbolic Math Toolboxes

Waterloo, Canada; 24 June 2008:  Maplesoft today announced changes to its relationship with The MathWorks.

For many years, The MathWorks has resold the Maple™ engine under the product names Symbolic Math Toolbox and Extended  Symbolic Math Toolbox. These products were designed for high performance symbolic computations. As the partnership between Maplesoft and The MathWorks is changing, the Maple engine will be sold exclusively by Maplesoft. This change will take effect September 28th, 2008. Until September 28, 2008, The MathWorks will continue to sell versions of the Symbolic Math Toolbox and Extended Symbolic Math Toolbox which use the Maple engine.

Many users critically rely on the Maple engine for their day to day computational work, therefore Maplesoft and The MathWorks are making available a number of options to ensure continued access to the Maple product.

Versions of the Symbolic Math Toolbox and Extended Symbolic Math Toolbox sold by The MathWorks after September 28th will ship with a direct interface to Maple allowing customers to continue to use the Maple engine as an alternative to a symbolic kernel offered by the MathWorks. Customers will require the Symbolic Math Toolbox or Extended Symbolic Math Toolbox and a license of Maple to take advantage of this option.Licenses of Maple can be purchased directly from Maplesoft or an authorized reseller.

An alternative is to purchase Maple and the Maple Toolbox for MATLAB® directly from Maplesoft. The Maple Toolbox for MATLAB® connects the Maple and MATLAB® environments allowing all functions to be available in both environments. The Maple Toolbox for MATLAB® can be purchased directly from Maplesoft or an authorized reseller.

Both of the above options offer a fully backwards compatible solution to existing customers of the Symbolic and Extended Symbolic Math Toolbox products. Customers will also have the option of using the new symbolic kernel offered by the MathWorks.

Jim Cooper, President and CEO of Maplesoft stated, “We view users of the Symbolic and Extended Symbolic Math Toolboxes as important Maplesoft customers. We are confident that with the options we have put in place, these users will have a seamless transition. We look forward to directly supporting these users with the full range of our technology and expertise.”

About Maplesoft
Maplesoft is the leading provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science, and mathematics. Its product suite reflects the philosophy that given great tools, people can do great things. Maplesoft has transformed the way engineers, scientists, and mathematicians use math, enabling them to work better, faster, and smarter.

Organizations around the world have applied Maplesoft solutions in nearly every technical field including engineering design, operations research, scientific research, and financial analysis. Maplesoft's commercial customer base includes Allied Signal, BMW, Boeing, DaimlerChrysler, DreamWorks, Ford, General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Raytheon, Robert Bosch, Sun Microsystems, Toyota, and Tyco.

Maplesoft’s products help reduce error, shorten design time, and manage data, models and results. Maple, its flagship product, solves complex mathematical problems and creates rich technical documents. Its extensive range of tools is built on Maple’s fundamental technology platform of smart documents, powerful mathematics, and seamless connectivity to the engineering design toolchain.

Maplesoft is at the forefront of dramatically enhancing the analytical productivity of engineers and scientists. Visit www.maplesoft.com to learn more.

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