Contact: Rob Marenich      For Immediate Release
  (650) 578-0700

Linux Will Be Open For Business at "LinuxWorld"
with The EnlightenDSM Systems Management Solution

Silicon Valley, CA (January 26, 2000)- Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc.
(Nasdaq:SFTW) today revealed plans to demonstrate its proprietary
EnlightenDSM at the upcoming LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in New York
City. The San Mateo, California based company distinguishes itself by
presenting the world's first multi-platform management solution for the
open-source Linux operating environment and the first cross-platform
management for Linux to include Unix and Windows.

"The marketplace is embracing Linux for its scalability, affordability and
the promise it holds," said Bill Bradley, President and CEO of Enlighten
Software Solutions, "Our involvement at LinuxWorld offers the global
Information Technology community a chance to view Linux as a viable and
mature resource for virtually any enterprise."

Also at the tradeshow, Enlighten will showcase its alliances with a growing
list of companies that recognize the role Linux will hold with the next
generation of Internet commerce.

To date, a defining market barrier for Linux has been its inability to
integrate with existing platforms, principally the proprietary Unix and
Windows NT operating systems. EnlightenDSM solves this problem.

In a taped interview to be aired during the LinuxWorld Expo, Bryan Johnson,
Director of Network Application Engineering for MindSpring Inc., one of the
nation's largest Internet Service Providers and a new Enlighten customer,
described his experiences with EnlightenDSM stating, "The ease of use and
deployment, the ease with which we can customize and integrate; all of these
things are what really won us over. Enlighten has enabled me to track the
performance of our machines in ways that I haven't been able to before."

Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:SFTW) will demonstrate
EnlightenDSM during LinuxWorld at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City,
February 2-4, 2000. Enlighten will be the event's Press Room Sponsor this
year. For more information on LinuxWorld or to obtain press credentials,
visit the official event web site at www.linuxworld.com.

The statements contained in this news release, other than historical
information, include forward-looking statements and are based on current
expectations and involve risks and uncertainties. Consequently, the Company'
s actual results could differ materially from expectations expressed herein.
The various factors that could cause the Company's actual results to differ
include, but are not limited to, failure of the Company's products to gain
customer acceptance, quarterly fluctuations in results, the management of
growth, the ability to fund operations, the impact of competitive products
and pricing, the rapid pace with which technology changes, and other risks
detailed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings. Actual results may differ materially from management
expectations.

Enlighten is a registered trademark and EnlightenDSM is a trademark of
Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc. All other product and company names may
be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

Rob Marenich
Enlighten Software Solutions, Inc.
999 Baker Way, Fifth Floor
San Mateo, CA 94404-1568
Telephone:      (916) 927-2257
Fax:                 (916) 927-2236        Email:  info@sftw.com