MICROSOFT’S ACQUISITION OF GREAT PLAINS SOFTWARE MAY HELP IMPROVE PRICE/PERFORMANCE OF INTEGRATED ABT POWERCAMPUS SOLUTIONS
Newtown Square, PA January 5, 2001 – ABT Inc., a leading provider of administrative- and student-information solutions for educational institutions, believes that the recently announced acquisition of Great Plains Software by Microsoft Corporation will enable ABT to improve the price/performance of its PowerCAMPUS applications software suite.