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RAINING DATA CORPORATION ANNOUNCES
SENIOR MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Bryce Burns named Interim CEO, Richard Lauer named President

IRVINE, Calif., January 2, 2001 - Raining Data Corporation (Nasdaq Small Cap: RDTA), formerly known as Omnis Technology Corporation, today announced that it has named Bryce Burns, Chairman of the Board, to the additional post of Interim CEO. The company also named Richard Lauer, Chief Operating Officer (COO), to the additional title of President. The senior management changes were made to replace Gilbert Figueroa, Raining Data's former CEO and President, who left the company to pursue other business opportunities. Figueroa will maintain his seat on Raining Data's Board of Directors.

"Rich Lauer and I are eager to lead our newly merged company," stated Bryce Burns. Burns continued, "Rich has an impressive 20-year track record of growing revenues and profits rapidly in both public and private technology firms. In just a few months at Raining Data, he has developed the full respect and confidence of our customers, employees and shareholders. With its excellent technology and loyal customer base, Raining Data has the potential for significant growth. The Board and I look forward to working closely with Rich and his team to fully realize this exceptional opportunity."

Bryce Burns, who has served as Chairman of the Board since September 2000, brings 13 years of enterprise software experience to his new leadership role at Raining Data. He was previously Director of Business Planning and Release Management with Novell, Inc, a major networking software provider. Burns was responsible for Novell's project strategy and direction. Mr. Burns also served as Executive Vice President and COO of Caldera Systems, Inc., a leader in the provision of Linux-based business solutions and President of Applied Medical Informatics, Inc. a medical software company. Mr. Burns holds a BS degree in Medical Biology from the University of Utah and an MBA from Brigham Young University.

Richard Lauer joined the company in March 2000 and has over 20 years of experience in executive officer positions with several computer hardware and software companies. He recently served as Executive Director, Enterprise Solutions Division of Compuware Corporation, President and COO of Cambridge Parallel Processing and COO of Strategic Computer Analysis Systems. In addition, Mr. Lauer served as Vice-President of Sales/Marketing and Business Development at Sequoia Systems and Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Pick Systems. Mr. Lauer holds a degree in Business Administration from California State University at Fullerton and an MBA from Pepperdine University.

About Raining Data

Raining Data Corporation, headquartered in Irvine, California, was created as a result of the December 1, 2000 merger of Omnis Technology Corporation and Pick Systems. With over 150 employees in five countries, Raining Data's pro forma combined revenue for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000 exceeded $23 million. The combined company now offers a comprehensive suite of high-performance cost-effective software infrastructure solutions that enable developers to create highly scalable, enterprise-level Web-enabled applications. With a powerful range of low-cost, quick-to-market alternatives, the new product platform is designed to meet the needs of Raining Data's large combined base of existing customers as well as new e-commerce software developers. Two of Raining Data's flagship products are: 1) Omnis Studio®-a powerful, cross-platform, object-oriented rapid application development (RAD) tool that is ideally suited for developing sophisticated thick, thin, or ultra-thin client-based applications, and, 2) D³® -a multidimensional database management system that is the choice of thousands of application developers worldwide.

PLEASE NOTE: In this news release, statements that are not historical facts, including but not limited to statements (a) that include the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates'' or words of similar importance or meaning; (b) that describe any of the Raining Data's (the "Company") or management's plans, objectives or goals for future operations and products, or (c) that concern the characteristics and growth of the Company's markets or customers or products or the expected liquidity and capital resources of the Company, are forward-looking statements that are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that the results described in such forward-looking statements have been or will be realized. The principal risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements in this news release are described in various reports and documents filed by Raining Data Corporation, formerly known as Omnis Technology Corporation, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited to the Annual Report of the Company on Form 10-KSB/A for the last fiscal year of the Company. The Company disclaims any responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statement provided in this news release.

©2000 Raining Data Corporation. All Rights Reserved. PICK Systems and D³ are registered trademarks of PICK Systems, Inc. Omnis is a registered trademark of Omnis Software Limited, a subsidiary of Raining Data Corporation. Omnis Studio and Omnis 7 are trademarks of Raining Data Corporation. All other products or service names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.