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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;14, 2003
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  <P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____<br><br>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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  <DIV align="center"><FONT size="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="5"><B>FORM S-8
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="4"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="6"><B>Applix, Inc.
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  <DIV align="center"><FONT size="2">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Massachusetts</B><BR>
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of<BR>
  Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
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  <B>04-2781676</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>289 Turnpike Road<BR>
  Westborough, Massachusetts</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
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  &nbsp;<BR>
  &nbsp;<B>01581</B><BR>
  (Zip&nbsp;&nbsp;Code)</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>2003 Director Equity Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq.<BR>
  Hale and Dorr LLP<BR>
  60 State Street<BR>
  Boston, MA 02109</B><BR>
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)<BR>
  <B>(617)&nbsp;526-6000</B><BR>
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Stock,
  $0.0025 par value
  per share
  (including the
  associated
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights)</FONT></DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center"><FONT size="2">300,000 shares(1)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">1.76</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">528,000</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">In accordance with Rule&nbsp;416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional
  securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends or similar transactions.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rules&nbsp;457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
  Registrant&#146;s Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market on
  July&nbsp;7, 2003.</FONT></TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000">PART I<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#001">Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#002">Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#003">PART II<BR> INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#004">Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#005">Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#006">Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#007">Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#008">Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#009">Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD></TD><TD colspan="8"><A HREF="#010">Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#011">SIGNATURES</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#012">INDEX TO EXHIBITS</A></TD></TR>
  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="b47040aiexv5w1.txt">EX-5.1 Opinion of Hale and Dorr</A></TD></TR>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the 2003 Director Equity Plan of Applix, Inc., a
  Massachusetts corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) covered by this registration
  statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or
  given to participants in the 2003 Director Equity Plan of the Registrant
  covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the
  Securities Act.
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections&nbsp;13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the &#147;Commission&#148;). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp; The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the fiscal year ended
  December&nbsp;31, 2002 as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;31, 2003, as amended by
  the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Annual Report on
  Form&nbsp;10-K/A filed with the
  Commission on June&nbsp;3, 2003.
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp; All other reports filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report
  referred to in (a)&nbsp;above, comprised of the following:
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the fiscal quarter
  ended March&nbsp;31, 2003 as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;15, 2003.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp; The description of the securities contained in the Registrant&#146;s
  registration statements on Form&nbsp;8-A as filed with the Commission under the
  Exchange Act on October&nbsp;28, 1994 and September&nbsp;20, 2000.
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
  registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
  any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
  offered by this registration statement. Patrick J. Rondeau, a partner of Hale
  and Dorr LLP, serves as Clerk to the Registrant.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;13(b)(1 1/2) of Chapter&nbsp;156B of the Massachusetts General Laws
  allows a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director
  of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
  for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of
  law imposing such liability, except where the director breached his duty of
  loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or
  knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of an improper distribution or
  loan to an insider or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant has
  included such a provision in its articles of organization.
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;67 of Chapter&nbsp;156B of the Massachusetts General Laws (&#147;Section
  67&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors and officers to
  the extent specified in or authorized by: (i)&nbsp;the articles of organization,
  (ii)&nbsp;a by-law adopted by the stockholders, or (iii)&nbsp;a vote adopted by the
  holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote on the election
  of directors. In all instances, the extent to which a corporation provides
  indemnification to its directors and officers under Section&nbsp;67 is optional.
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s articles of organization and bylaws provide that a
  director or officer of the Registrant shall be indemnified by the Registrant
  against all expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees), judgments, fines and amounts
  paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or
  other legal proceeding brought against him by virtue of his position as a
  director or officer of the Registrant unless he is deemed (in the manner
  provided in the articles of organization and bylaws, respectively) to have not
  acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best
  interest of the Registrant. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal
  action, suit or proceeding shall be advanced by the Registrant to a director or
  officer, at his request, upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or
  officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he is not
  entitled to indemnification.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Registrant&#146;s articles of organization, in the event of a
  determination by the Registrant that the director or officer did not meet the
  applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the
  Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60&nbsp;days after such
  payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition a court
  to make an independent determination as to whether such person is entitled to
  indemnification. The Registrant&#146;s articles of organization provide that as a
  condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director or officer
  must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and
  the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume the
  defense thereof.
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s articles of organization and bylaws provide that the
  indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and the Registrant&#146;s
  articles of organization provide that in the event that the Massachusetts
  General Laws are amended to expand the indemnification permitted to directors
  or officers, the Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest extent
  permitted by such law as so amended. The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that the
  indemnification provided therein shall be offset to the extent of any other
  source of indemnification or applicable insurance coverage.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a
  policy insuring directors and officers of the Registrant against certain
  liabilities which they may incur as directors or officers of the Registrant,
  which may include coverage for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
  </FONT>
  
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
  </FONT>
  
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii)&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
  the registration statement; and</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(iii)&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
  any material change to such information in the registration statement;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="97%"><FONT size="2"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (i)&nbsp;and (ii)&nbsp;do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
  those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
  to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2)&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3)&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
  the termination of the offering.</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
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  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Westborough, Massachusetts on this 10th&nbsp;day of July, 2003.
  </FONT>
  
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><FONT size="2">APPLIX, INC.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  By:</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David C. Mahoney</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR align="left" size="1" width="55%" noshade>
  David C. Mahoney<br>
  President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT></TD>
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  <P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Applix, Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint David C. Mahoney and Patrick J. Rondeau, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
  each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, the registration statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 filed herewith and any
  and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to
  do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers
  and directors to enable Applix, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
  be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement
  and any and all amendments thereto.
  </FONT>
  
  <P align="left"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  </FONT>
  
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      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Title</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David C. Mahoney</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade>
  David C. Mahoney</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  President, Chief Executive<br>
  Officer, and Director<br>
  (Principal executive officer)
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 26, 2003</FONT></TD>
  </TR>
  
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Milton A. Alpern</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade>
  Milton A. Alpern</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Chief Financial Officer<br>
  (Principal financial and<br>
  accounting officer)
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 10, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade>
  John B. Loewenberg</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Brad Fire</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><HR size="1" noshade>
  Brad Fire</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 27, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Peter Gyenes</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  Peter Gyenes</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 25, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Alain J. Hanover</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  Alain J. Hanover</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">July 2, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Charles F. Kane</FONT></TD>
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  Charles F. Kane</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Director
  </FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">June 30, 2003</FONT></TD>
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      <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">4.1(1)</FONT></TD>
      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
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  By-Laws of the Registrant</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
  Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;18, 2000,
  between the Company and American Stock Transfer of Trust
  Company, which includes as Exhibit&nbsp;A the terms of the Series&nbsp;A
  Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as Exhibit&nbsp;B the Form of
  Rights Certificate, and as Exhibit&nbsp;C the Summary of Rights to
  Purchase Preferred Stock.</FONT></TD>
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  Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant</FONT></TD>
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      <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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  Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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  Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</FONT></TD>
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  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
  registration statement)</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit
  3.3 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1, as amended
  (File No.&nbsp;333-85688) and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit
  3.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-1 (File No.
  333-85688) and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit&nbsp;1
  to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;8-A, dated September
  20, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;000-25040) and incorporated herein by reference.</FONT></TD>
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text: Applix, Inc.
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and
  Exchange Commission on July 14, 2003
  Registration No. 333-_____
  SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington, D.C. 20549
  FORM S-8
  REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  Applix, Inc.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  Massachusetts
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of
  Incorporation or Organization)
  04-2781676
  (I.R.S. Employer
  Identification No.)
  289 Turnpike Road
  Westborough, Massachusetts
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  01581
  (Zip  Code)
  2003 Director Equity Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq.
  Hale and Dorr LLP
  60 State Street
  Boston, MA 02109
  (Name and Address of Agent For Service)
  (617) 526-6000
  (Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)
  CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed Maximum
  Proposed Maximum
  Title of Securities
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate Offering
  Amount of
  to be Registered
  Registered
  Share
  Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock,
  $0.0025 par value
  per share
  (including the
  associated
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights)
  300,000 shares(1)
  $
  1.76
  (2)
  $
  528,000
  (2)
  $
  42.72
  (1)
  In accordance with Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
  this registration statement shall be deemed to cover any additional
  securities that may from time to time be
  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends or similar transactions.
  (2)
  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
  pursuant to Rules 457(c) and 457(h) of the Securities Act of 1933, as
  amended, and based upon the average of the high and low prices of the
  Registrant's Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market on
  July 7, 2003.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  SIGNATURES
  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Hale and Dorr
  EX-23.2 Consent of Ernst and Young
  EX-23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers
  Table of Contents
  PART I
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
  Item 1. Plan Information.
  The information required by Item 1 is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the 2003 Director Equity Plan of Applix, Inc., a
  Massachusetts corporation (the "Registrant") covered by this registration
  statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
  (the "Securities Act").
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.
  The written statement required by Item 2 is included in documents sent or
  given to participants in the 2003 Director Equity Plan of the Registrant
  covered by this registration statement pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) of the
  Securities Act.
  PART II
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
  Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
  The Registrant is subject to the informational and reporting requirements
  of Sections 13(a), 14, and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
  amended (the "Exchange Act"), and in accordance therewith files reports, proxy
  statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission
  (the "Commission"). The following documents, which are on file with the
  Commission, are incorporated in this registration statement by reference:
  (a)  The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  December 31, 2002 as filed with the Commission on March 31, 2003, as amended by
  the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on
  Form 10-K/A filed with the
  Commission on June 3, 2003.
  (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the annual report
  referred to in (a) above, comprised of the following:
  (i) The Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
  ended March 31, 2003 as filed with the Commission on May 15, 2003.
  (c)  The description of the securities contained in the Registrant's
  registration statements on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission under the
  Exchange Act on October 28, 1994 and September 20, 2000.
  All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections
  13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act, prior to the filing of a
  post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby
  have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall
  be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to
  be part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. Any statement
  contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
  herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purposes of this
  registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in
  any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be
  incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
  statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
  or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
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  Item 4. Description of Securities.
  Not applicable.
  Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
  Hale and Dorr LLP has opined as to the legality of the securities being
  offered by this registration statement. Patrick J. Rondeau, a partner of Hale
  and Dorr LLP, serves as Clerk to the Registrant.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 13(b)(1 1/2) of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws
  allows a corporation to eliminate or limit the personal liability of a director
  of a corporation to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
  for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director notwithstanding any provision of
  law imposing such liability, except where the director breached his duty of
  loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or
  knowingly violated a law, authorized the payment of an improper distribution or
  loan to an insider or obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant has
  included such a provision in its articles of organization.
  Section 67 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws ("Section
  67") provides that a corporation may indemnify its directors and officers to
  the extent specified in or authorized by: (i) the articles of organization,
  (ii) a by-law adopted by the stockholders, or (iii) a vote adopted by the
  holders of a majority of the shares of stock entitled to vote on the election
  of directors. In all instances, the extent to which a corporation provides
  indemnification to its directors and officers under Section 67 is optional.
  The Registrant's articles of organization and bylaws provide that a
  director or officer of the Registrant shall be indemnified by the Registrant
  against all expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts
  paid in settlement reasonably incurred in connection with any litigation or
  other legal proceeding brought against him by virtue of his position as a
  director or officer of the Registrant unless he is deemed (in the manner
  provided in the articles of organization and bylaws, respectively) to have not
  acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that his action was in the best
  interest of the Registrant. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal
  action, suit or proceeding shall be advanced by the Registrant to a director or
  officer, at his request, upon receipt of an undertaking by the director or
  officer to repay such amount if it is ultimately determined that he is not
  entitled to indemnification.
  Under the Registrant's articles of organization, in the event of a
  determination by the Registrant that the director or officer did not meet the
  applicable standard of conduct required for indemnification, or if the
  Registrant fails to make an indemnification payment within 60 days after such
  payment is claimed by such person, such person is permitted to petition a court
  to make an independent determination as to whether such person is entitled to
  indemnification. The Registrant's articles of organization provide that as a
  condition precedent to the right of indemnification, the director or officer
  must give the Registrant notice of the action for which indemnity is sought and
  the Registrant has the right to participate in such action or assume the
  defense thereof.
  The Registrant's articles of organization and bylaws provide that the
  indemnification provided therein is not exclusive, and the Registrant's
  articles of organization provide that in the event that the Massachusetts
  General Laws are amended to expand the indemnification permitted to directors
  or officers, the Registrant must indemnify those persons to the fullest extent
  permitted by such law as so amended. The Registrant's bylaws provide that the
  indemnification provided therein shall be offset to the extent of any other
  source of indemnification or applicable insurance coverage.
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  The Registrant has purchased and maintains insurance coverage under a
  policy insuring directors and officers of the Registrant against certain
  liabilities which they may incur as directors or officers of the Registrant,
  which may include coverage for liabilities arising under the Securities Act.
  Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
  Not applicable.
  Item 8. Exhibits.
  The Exhibit Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
  Item 9. Undertakings.
  1.     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  (i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act;
  (ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after
  the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent
  post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
  aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in
  the registration statement; and
  (iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan
  of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or
  any material change to such information in the registration statement;
  provided, however,
  that paragraphs (i) and (ii) do not apply if the
  information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
  those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
  to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
  15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the
  registration statement.
  (2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be
  a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
  the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
  (3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
  the termination of the offering.
  2.     The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
  determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the
  Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
  Exchange Act that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
  shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
  deemed to be the initial
  bona fide
  offering thereof.
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  3.     Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
  Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
  Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant
  has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission
  such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
  Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
  indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
  Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
  person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
  proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
  connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in
  the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
  precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
  such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
  Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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  SIGNATURES
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
  certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
  requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Westborough, Massachusetts on this 10th day of July, 2003.
  APPLIX, INC.
  By:
  /s/ David C. Mahoney
  David C. Mahoney
  President and Chief Executive Officer
  POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES
  We, the undersigned officers and directors of Applix, Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint David C. Mahoney and Patrick J. Rondeau, and
  each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and
  each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities
  indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-8 filed herewith and any
  and all subsequent amendments to said registration statement, and generally to
  do all such things in our names and on our behalf in our capacities as officers
  and directors to enable Applix, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the
  Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and
  Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may
  be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement
  and any and all amendments thereto.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated.
  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ David C. Mahoney
  David C. Mahoney
  President, Chief Executive
  Officer, and Director
  (Principal executive officer)
  June 26, 2003
  /s/ Milton A. Alpern
  Milton A. Alpern
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal financial and
  accounting officer)
  July 10, 2003
  John B. Loewenberg
  Director
  July     , 2003
  /s/ Brad Fire
  Brad Fire
  Director
  June 27, 2003
  /s/ Peter Gyenes
  Peter Gyenes
  Director
  June 25, 2003
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  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Alain J. Hanover
  Alain J. Hanover
  Director
  July 2, 2003
  /s/ Charles F. Kane
  Charles F. Kane
  Director
  June 30, 2003
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1(1)
  Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant
  4.2(2)
  By-Laws of the Registrant
  4.3(3)
  Form of Rights Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2000,
  between the Company and American Stock Transfer of Trust
  Company, which includes as Exhibit A the terms of the Series A
  Junior Participating Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the Form of
  Rights Certificate, and as Exhibit C the Summary of Rights to
  Purchase Preferred Stock.
  5.1
  Opinion of Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
  23.3
  Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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  Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
  registration statement)
  (1)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit
  3.3 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended
  (File No. 333-85688) and incorporated herein by reference.
  (2)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit
  3.4 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No.
  333-85688) and incorporated herein by reference.
  (3)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 1
  to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated September
  20, 2000 (File No. 000-25040) and incorporated herein by reference.