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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2004
  
  
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 18pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
  THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Applix, Inc.</B>
  
  <DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</DIV>
  
  
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Massachusetts</B><BR>
  (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation<BR>
  or Organization)
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>04-2781676</B><BR>
  (I.R.S. Employer<BR>
  Identification No.)</TD>
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      <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>289 Turnpike Road<BR>
  Westboro, Massachusetts</B><BR>
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="center" valign="bottom"><B>01581</B><BR>
  (Zip Code)</TD>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan<BR>
  2004 Equity Incentive Plan</B><BR>
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq.<BR>
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering 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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      <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">Common Stock,
  $0.0025 par value
  per share
  (including the
  associated
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights)</DIV></TD>
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      <TD colspan="3" align="center">1,500,000 shares(2)</TD>
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      <TD align="right">4.01</TD>
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      <TD align="right">6,015,000</TD>
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      <TD>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</TD>
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      <TD>offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
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      <TD>Consists of 500,000 shares issuable under the 2001 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan and 1,000,000 shares issuable under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.</TD>
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      <TD>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&#146;s
  Common Stock as reported on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market on July&nbsp;26, 2004.</TD>
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  <TR><TD colspan="9"><A HREF="#000"> PART I</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</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>
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PART I<BR>
  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;1. Plan Information.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information required by Item&nbsp;1 is included in documents sent or given
  to participants in the 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 2004 Equity
  Incentive 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" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The written statement required by Item&nbsp;2 is included in documents sent or
  given to participants in the 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 2004
  Equity Incentive Plan of the Registrant covered by this registration statement
  pursuant to Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1) of the Securities Act.
  
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  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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:
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
  December&nbsp;31, 2003 as filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;30, 2004, as amended by
  the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
  Commission on April&nbsp;7, 2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;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)&nbsp;above, comprised of the following:
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i)&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
  ended March&nbsp;31, 2004 as filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;17, 2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;The description of the securities contained in the Registrant&#146;s
  registration statements on Form 8-A as filed with the Commission under the
  Exchange Act on October&nbsp;28, 1994 and September&nbsp;20, 2000 and Form 8-A/A as filed
  with the Commission under the Exchange Act on March&nbsp;4, 2004.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Wilmer Cutler Pickering 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 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, serves as
  Assistant Clerk to the Registrant.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;2.02(b)(4) of Chapter&nbsp;156D 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
  obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant has included such a
  provision in its articles of organization.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.51(a) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides
  that a corporation may indemnify its directors against 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 any director by virtue of his position as a director of the Registrant
  unless he is deemed to have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief
  that his action was in the best interest of the corporation. As noted below,
  the Registrant has provided for director indemnification in its articles of
  organization and bylaws.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.52 of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides
  that a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the
  merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was
  a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable
  expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section&nbsp;8.56(a) of Chapter&nbsp;156D of the Massachusetts General Laws
  (&#147;Section&nbsp;8.56&#148;) provides that a corporation may indemnify its officers to the
  same extent as its directors and, for officers that are not directors, to the
  extent provided by (i)&nbsp;the articles of organization, (ii)&nbsp;the bylaws, (iii)&nbsp;a
  vote of the board of directors or (iv)&nbsp;a contract. In all instances, the
  extent to which a corporation provides indemnification to its officers under
  Section&nbsp;8.56 is optional. As noted below, the Registrant has provided for
  officer indemnification in its articles of organization and bylaws.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Exhibit&nbsp;Index immediately preceding the exhibits is incorporated herein by reference.
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings.</B>
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the
  Securities Act;
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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;
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left: 3%; text-indent: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt"><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.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="margin-left:3%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(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.
  
  
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  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.&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 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 <I>bona fide </I>offering thereof.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.&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.
  
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 4 -
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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 S-8 and has duly caused this registration
  statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
  authorized, in Westboro, Massachusetts on this 28th day of July, 2004.
  
  
  <TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
  <TR>
      <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="3">APPLIX, INC.<BR>
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ David C. Mahoney
  &nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2">David C. Mahoney&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR><TR>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD colspan="2">President and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR>
      <TD colspan="5">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  </TABLE>
  
  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY AND SIGNATURES</B>
  
  
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned officers and directors of Applix, Inc., hereby
  severally constitute and appoint David C. Mahoney, Milton A. Alpern 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.
  
  
  <P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&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.
  
  <DIV align="left">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David C. Mahoney
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">July 28, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="60%">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Officer, and Director</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David C. Mahoney
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal executive officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Milton A. Alpern
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Chief Financial Officer
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">July 28, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="60%">
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal financial and</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Milton A. Alpern
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">accounting officer)</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ John D. Loewenberg
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">July 28, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="60%"></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John D. Loewenberg</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Brad Fire
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">July 28, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="60%"></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Brad Fire</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Peter Gyenes
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">July 28, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="60%"></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Peter Gyenes</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">- 5 -
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  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
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      <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Signature</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Title</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
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      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Alain J. Hanover
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">July 28, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="60%"></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Alain J. Hanover</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Charles F. Kane
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
  </TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">July 28, 2004</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><HR align="left" size="1" noshade width="60%"></DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Charles F. Kane</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
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  <P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B>
  
  
  <DIV align="left">
  <TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%">
  <!-- Begin Table Head -->
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      <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD width="82%">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  <TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Number</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Description</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
  </TR>
  
  <!-- End Table Head -->
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  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1(1)
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3(2)
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">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.</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.4(3)
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Amendment No.&nbsp;1, dated as of February&nbsp;27, 2004, to the Rights
  Agreement, dated as of September&nbsp;18, 2000, between the Registrant
  and American Stock Transfer &#038; Trust Company, as Rights Agent</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
  the Registrant</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.3
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
  </TR>
  
  <TR valign="bottom">
      <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24
  </DIV></TD>
      <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
      <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of attorney (included on the signature pages of this
  registration statement)</TD>
  </TR>
  
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text: Applix, Inc.
  Table of Contents
  As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2004
  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
  Westboro, Massachusetts
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  01581
  (Zip Code)
  2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  2004 Equity Incentive Plan
  (Full Title of the Plan)
  Patrick J. Rondeau, Esq.
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering 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
  Proposed
  Title of
  Maximum
  Maximum
  Securities to be
  Amount to be
  Offering Price Per
  Aggregate
  Amount of
  Registered
  Registered(1)
  Share
  Offering Price
  Registration Fee
  Common Stock,
  $0.0025 par value
  per share
  (including the
  associated
  Preferred Stock
  Purchase Rights)
  1,500,000 shares(2)
  $
  4.01
  (3)
  $
  6,015,000
  (3)
  $
  762.11
  (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
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  offered or issued to prevent dilution resulting from stock splits, stock
  dividends or similar transactions.
  (2)
  Consists of 500,000 shares issuable under the 2001 Employee Stock
  Purchase Plan and 1,000,000 shares issuable under the 2004 Equity Incentive Plan.
  (3)
  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 26, 2004.
  TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I
  Item 1. Plan Information
  Item 2. Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information
  PART II
  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-4.2 Amended and Restated By-Laws
  EX-5.1 Opinion of Wimer Cutler
  EX-23.2 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  EX-23.3 Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
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  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 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 2004 Equity
  Incentive 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 2001 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the 2004
  Equity Incentive 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, 2003 as filed with the Commission on March 30, 2004, as amended by
  the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the
  Commission on April 7, 2004.
  (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, 2004 as filed with the Commission on May 17, 2004.
  (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 and Form 8-A/A as filed
  with the Commission under the Exchange Act on March 4, 2004.
  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.
  Wilmer Cutler Pickering 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 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, serves as
  Assistant Clerk to the Registrant.
  Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
  Section 2.02(b)(4) of Chapter 156D 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
  obtained an improper personal benefit. The Registrant has included such a
  provision in its articles of organization.
  Section 8.51(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides
  that a corporation may indemnify its directors against expenses (including
  attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement reasonably
  incurred in connection with any litigation or other legal proceeding brought
  against any director by virtue of his position as a director of the Registrant
  unless he is deemed to have not acted in good faith in the reasonable belief
  that his action was in the best interest of the corporation. As noted below,
  the Registrant has provided for director indemnification in its articles of
  organization and bylaws.
  Section 8.52 of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws provides
  that a corporation must indemnify a director who is wholly successful, on the
  merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which the director was
  a party because he was a director of the corporation against reasonable
  expenses incurred by him in connection with the proceeding.
  Section 8.56(a) of Chapter 156D of the Massachusetts General Laws
  ("Section 8.56") provides that a corporation may indemnify its officers to the
  same extent as its directors and, for officers that are not directors, to the
  extent provided by (i) the articles of organization, (ii) the bylaws, (iii) a
  vote of the board of directors or (iv) a contract. In all instances, the
  extent to which a corporation provides indemnification to its officers under
  Section 8.56 is optional. As noted below, the Registrant has provided for
  officer indemnification in its articles of organization and bylaws.
  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.
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  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.
  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.
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  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.
  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 Westboro, Massachusetts on this 28th day of July, 2004.
  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, Milton A. Alpern 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
  President, Chief Executive
  July 28, 2004
  Officer, and Director
  David C. Mahoney
  (Principal executive officer)
  /s/ Milton A. Alpern
  Chief Financial Officer
  July 28, 2004
  (Principal financial and
  Milton A. Alpern
  accounting officer)
  /s/ John D. Loewenberg
  Director
  July 28, 2004
  John D. Loewenberg
  /s/ Brad Fire
  Director
  July 28, 2004
  Brad Fire
  /s/ Peter Gyenes
  Director
  July 28, 2004
  Peter Gyenes
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  Signature
  Title
  Date
  /s/ Alain J. Hanover
  Director
  July 28, 2004
  Alain J. Hanover
  /s/ Charles F. Kane
  Director
  July 28, 2004
  Charles F. Kane
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  INDEX TO EXHIBITS
  Number
  Description
  4.1(1)
  Restated Articles of Organization of the Registrant
  4.2
  Amended and Restated By-Laws of the Registrant
  4.3(2)
  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.
  4.4(3)
  Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 27, 2004, to the Rights
  Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2000, between the Registrant
  and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Rights Agent
  5.1
  Opinion of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, counsel to
  the Registrant
  23.1
  Consent of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
  (included in Exhibit 5.1)
  23.2
  Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
  23.3
  Consent of Ernst & Young 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 1
  to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A, filed September
  20, 2000 (File No. 000-25040) and incorporated herein by reference.
  (3)
  Previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit
  4.2 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed March 4, 2004
  (File No. 000-25040) and incorporated herein by reference.