Victory for Gore Predicted by Forecasting Software;Narrow Wins in Battleground States Predicted...

Business/Technology Editors

BEVERLY, Mass.--((BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 1, 2000

Roadmap Technologies, a leader in forecasting software, today announced that Roadmap's Geneva Forecasting software has predicted that Vice President Albert Gore will gain a narrow victory in the 2000

Presidential Election over Texas Governor George Bush. The Geneva Forecasting software, using a database of statewide electoral results from 1948 to 1996, predicts that each candidate will win 25 states in the Electoral College with the Vice President also winning the District of Columbia. Gore's electoral vote forecast is 299, 29 more than the 270 votes needed to capture the presidency.

The race for the presidency in 2000 is predicted to be much closer than four years ago. The Geneva Forecasting software predicts that the Midwest battleground states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Missouri will determine the next president. "In this case, our expert system agrees with most political experts in that this race will be won or lost in the Midwest," said Rudolph Pizzano, Ph.D., president and CEO of Roadmap Technologies. "What is surprising is the narrowness of the predicted margin of victory in these key states. Right now, the software predicts that 3 out of these 4 states will go with Vice President Gore. A swing of just 20,000 voters would give Governor Bush 3 out of the 4 states and a majority in the Electoral College. Voter turnout and the size of the vote for 3rd party candidates will be crucial in determining the actual outcome."

About Roadmap Technologies

Roadmap Technologies provides Geneva Forecasting and TradePlanning.com software. E-Business leaders such as Oracle Corporation (Nasdaq: ORCL) rely on Roadmap Technologies software.

For information about Roadmap Technologies, access http://www.roadmap-tech.com/. For information about TradePlanning, access http://www.tradeplanning.com/.