EXHIBIT 32.2

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

      In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Applix, Inc. (the
"Company") for the period ended June 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), the undersigned, Milton
A. Alpern, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, hereby
certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

      (1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

      (2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company.


                                           /s/ Milton A. Alpern
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Date:    August 12, 2005                   Milton A. Alpern
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer