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                                   EXHIBIT 99

                 FUTURELINK CLOSES $15 MILLION OF NEW FINANCING

              Additional Working Capital to Fund Aggressive Growth
                 Plans of Founding Application Service Provider

IRVINE, CALIF., JULY 27, 1999 - FutureLink Distribution Corp. (NASD-OTC-BB:FLNK)
is pleased to announce that it has today closed a $15 million financing.
Commonwealth Associates LP of New York acted as the company's placement agent
for the offering.

This financing involved the issuance of senior subordinated convertible notes
and warrants. The notes mature in two years or will convert into the type and
respective amount of securities issued by the company in its next round of
financing or, in certain circumstances, will convert to common stock at $8.50
per share. Investors also received a total of 2,250,000 warrants entitling the
holders to purchase common stock at an exercise price of $8.50 per share. The
pricing of this financing represents an approximate 800 percent increase over
the pricing of the company's last major financing completed in early May 1999.

"This $15 million financing is almost double the size of the previous round of
financing the company completed this past May and reflects the investment
community's strong support of FutureLink's business model," said Raghu Kilambi,
FutureLink's CFO. "Investors in this round included technology hedge funds,
merchant banking arms of investment banks, and significant technology private
investors. This additional financing gives FutureLink a strong capital position
to aggressively grow its ASP business, seek strategic growth initiatives and
fund deposits under its agreement to acquire Micro Visions."

ABOUT COMMONWEALTH ASSOCIATES

Commonwealth Associates LP (http://www.comw.com), established in 1988, is a New
York merchant and investment bank dedicated to creating long-term value for
investors. Commonwealth focuses on investments in well-managed, emerging
micro-cap or small-cap growth companies. With over 70 professionals devoted to
all areas of investment banking and brokerage activities, Commonwealth offers a
full range of value-added services.

Since 1995, Commonwealth has managed over $400 million of financings through
over 60 transactions, most as sole or lead manager. Examples of recent portfolio
companies include iMall, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMAL), Think New Ideas, Inc. (Nasdaq:
THNK) and ProxyMed, Inc. (Nasdaq: PILL).

ABOUT FUTURELINK DISTRIBUTION CORP.

FutureLink is a founder of the Application Services Provider (ASP) industry.
According to Forrester Research Inc., the application outsourcing market is
projected to reach $20 billion by 2001. FutureLink provides small and mid-sized
businesses (10-1,000 employees) with off-site, Internet-based computing,
allowing subscribers to minimize hardware/software upgrade cycles, precisely
control total cost of technology ownership and focus on their core businesses.

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FutureLink's expertise in application hosting on a monthly subscription basis,
outsourcing and facility management, and business practices consulting enables
the company to offer an all-inclusive, trouble-free service at a predictable
price. FutureLink, "The Computer Utility Company," offers computer and
information service as transparently and reliably as today's utilities deliver
electricity, water and telephone services.

For more information, contact FutureLink toll-free at (877) 216-6001; e-mail:
sales@futurelink.net; or visit the FutureLink Web site at
http://www.futurelink.net.

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Forward-looking statements and comments in this news release are made pursuant
to safe harbor provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such
statements relating to, among other things, the prospects for the company to
complete transactions and enhance operating results, are necessarily subject to
risks and uncertainties, some of which are significant in scope and nature.
These risks may be further discussed in periodic reports and registration
statements to be filed by the company from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in the future.

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