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                                                                       EXHIBIT 2

Contacts:        Bob Gordon, (CA), 516-342-2391
                 Deborah Coughlin, (CA), 516-342-2173

                 Margaret Epperheimer, (ASK), 408-562-8545
                 Gary Filler, (ASK), 408-562-8472



                  COMPUTER ASSOCIATES TO ACQUIRE THE ASK GROUP

ISLANDIA, N.Y., May 19, 1994 -- Computer Associates International, Inc. and The
ASK Group, Inc. have entered into a definitive agreement providing for CA's
acquisition of the ASK Group through a cash tender offer.  A wholly-owned
subsidiary of CA will offer to purchase all outstanding shares of The ASK Group
Group's common stock at $13.25 per share.  The definitive agreement has been
unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of the ASK Group and Computer
Associates.

The tender offer, which will commence shortly, will involve the offer to
purchase an amount of shares such that, upon consummation, CA will own at least
a majority of the outstanding shares.  It will also be conditioned, among other
things, on the expiration or termination of any applicable antitrust waiting
period and the receipt of all regulatory approvals.

"We're excited to have the opportunity to include the ASK people, products and
clients in the CA family," said CA Chairman and CEO Charles B.  Wang.  "Not
only will it add to our own rapidly-growing client/server offerings, but we
expect the product synergy to pay real dividends to all our clients and
shareholders."

"The thousands of customers committed to the ASK products, including Open
INGRES, Open ROAD, ManMan/X, and SIM/400 manufacturing software, will now have
the assurance of an association with the leading force in mission-critical
client/server computing," said ASK CEO Eric Carlson, "The ASK/CA combination is
the best possible outcome for the employees, shareholders and customers of ASK,
and we look forward to working with CA."

Following completion of the tender offer, it is expected that the subsidiary of
CA will be merged into the ASK Group and all of the ASK Group's shares not
owned by CA will be converted into the right to receive $13.25 per share in
cash.

In entering into the definitive agreement, the ASK Group has amended its
outstanding stockholder rights plan to provide that the acquisition can be
completed without causing outstanding stock purchase rights to become
exercisable.  The rights will be acquired by CA as part of the $13.25 per share
price.

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EDS and Hewlett-Packard, the two largest shareholders of the ASK Group, have
agreed to tender their shares, representing an aggregate of 27 percent of the
outstanding shares, to CA.

Computer Associates International, Inc. (NYSE: CA), with 7,000 employees around
the world, is the leading software company for integrated systems, database
management, business applications and application development solutions.  These
programs operate across a full spectrum of mainframe, midrange and desktop
computers.  Founded in 1976, CA became a public company in 1981 and now serves
most of the world's major business, government, research and educational
organizations.  Calendar year 1993 revenues exceeded $2 billion.

The ASK Group, Inc. is the leading developer and integrator of strategic
business software, providing corporations with the technologies to build,
connect, manage and maintain information systems.  With revenues of $426
million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1993, the company employs 2,000
people in 82 offices who serve customers worldwide.

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