Robust e-business solution combines Onyx, Great Plains and Microsoft Site Server Commerce Edition into broad platform for fast-growing dot-com

Bellevue, Wash. -- Onyx Software Corporation (NASDAQ: ONXS), a leading supplier of enterprise-wide, customer-centric e-business solutions, today announced that Skateboard.com, a Web-based provider of skateboarding content online, has implemented Onyx 2000 in a hosted environment to manage its online customer interaction enterprise-wide.

"Onyx gave us the functionality to bring together sales, marketing and inventory management into a seamless platform for e-business. The data captured and stored there is critical to our business, allowing us to track and analyze our business relationships," said Lloyd Jobe, CEO of Skateboard.com. "Onyx has proven to be an excellent choice for Skateboard.com. We feel that the hosted deployment option gives us powerful customer-centric e-business application functionality enterprise-wide, which will give us a competitive edge. In addition, it provides us with the IT capabilities that large companies enjoy without the expense of purchasing equipment and maintaining an adequate IT staff."

Skateboard.com, based in San Diego, Calif. is one of the world's leading Web sites designed and developed exclusively for the skateboard community. Onyx 2000 is used to store and manage Skateboard.com customer-member demographics, sales accounts and marketing campaigns. All customer interactions are processed through Onyx 2000 and are stored in a single data repository. The captured demographics stored in Onyx provide valuable data for advertisers and will also aid Skateboard.com when it launches future products.

Onyx Software certified systems integration partner Equarius led the implementation at Skateboard.com, where they integrated Onyx 2000 with Great Plains accounting and inventory software, and Microsoft Site Server Commerce Edition. FutureLink, an Onyx ASPiN partner, will host the solution for Skateboard.com.

About Onyx Software

Onyx Software Corporation (NASDAQ: ONXS) is a leading supplier of enterprise-wide, customer-centric e-business applications. Onyx Software's enterprise-class software connects and powers a company's entire e-business world, including customers, partners and sales, marketing, service and call center functions.

Onyx Software's award-winning products are known for flexibility, reliability and quick deployment, resulting in high return on investment, low total cost of ownership and industry-leading customer satisfaction. Onyx Software operates worldwide, supporting large, medium and small companies such as Agile Software, American Express, Broadwing, Commerce One, Credit Suisse, Dreyfus, FirstWorld Communications, Hummingbird, NTL Group, Portland Trail Blazers, Prudential Securities, Sierra Health Services, Singapore Cable Vision and US Bancorp. For more information, call 888-275-6699, or email info@onyx.com. Please visit http://www.onyx.com/annualreport/ to download the Onyx Software 1999 annual report and 10K.

About Skateboard.com

Skateboard.com, based in San Diego, Calif. is one of the world's leading Web sites designed and developed exclusively for the skateboard community. The site was founded in 1996 by Tod Swank, a San Diego entrepreneur who is president and CEO of Tum Yeto, Inc. - manufacturer and distributor of the premier skateboarding companies Zero, Pig Wheels, Toy Machine and Foundation. The site was recently purchased by a group of San Diego investors, who have updated and enhance the site with new first-mover features and technological amenities. Skateboard.com is located on the World Wide Web at www.skateboard.com

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