May 7, 1999

PeopleSoft has just recently certified Windows '98 effective with the 
PeopleTools release 7.5.4, which we are now in process of implementing
on the ORION database.  PeopleSoft documentation indicates that the
delay in certification was due to the lack of support from several of 
the third-party vendors, including:

           - Crystal Reports 6.0.1.135
           - MicroFocus Netexpress 2
           - Essbase 5
           - Informix I-Connect 7.23 TC2
           - Oracle SQL*Net 2.3x
           - SQR 4.3.2 (for Sybase, Oracle, Informix platforms)

For the average user, these probably won't be an issue.

Marla Thomas
Director, Information Systems
Manager, Project ORION