FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Mark Lynch
MicroStrategy Incorporated
(703) 394-8402
pr_info@microstrategy.com
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                   MicroStrategy Issues Clarifying Statement

      VIENNA, VA, March 21 - MicroStrategy Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR) today
announced a clarification of its March 20, 2000, public statements respecting
the revision of its 1998 and 1999 reported revenues and operating results.  In
its March 20 press release, MicroStrategy indicated that the revisions were made
"to conform to the most recent statements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the accounting profession regarding revenue recognition in the
software industry, and to Statement of Position 97-2."  The Company also
indicated in its press release that the revisions were "the product of a recent
detailed review of MicroStrategy's significant contracts and future business
strategy and the related accounting under the revenue recognition rules,
including the recently issued SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 101."   These
statements were subsequently repeated by MicroStrategy in responding to
questions raised by the media concerning its press release.

      MicroStrategy today clarifies these statements as follows:  The principal
reason for the Company's decision to revise its 1998 and 1999 reported revenues
and operating results was the need to do so under existing accounting principles
articulated in Statement of Position 97-2.  The Company's previously reported
revenues and operating results were not revised principally to conform with
Staff Accounting Bulletin 101 in advance of its required implementation by March
31, 2000.

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