COSI Columbus, to use JDS Solution's WinRetailTM to manage Gift Shops.

CARLSBAD, California - August 26, 2002

COSI Columbus and Event Network, Operators of the Center's Gift Shops, Choose JDS Solutions Corporation's WinRetail™.

The JDS Solutions Corporation today announced that Event Network, operators of all retail shops within the Columbus, OH based COSI Science Learning Center, licensed the JDS WinRetail™ Enterprise Management solution for the Center's gift stores.

COSI and Event Network chose JDS's WinRetail™ to manage both the back office and front end Point of Sale operations. The center also selected The JDS WinRetail™ Communications Manager to control all communications between the center's retail operation and the central buying offices of Event Network in San Diego, CA. Event Network also selected JDS's nationally acclaimed 24/7 Customer Support Service to handle all system related customer service requirements within the museum's retail operation.

About COSI

COSI Columbus is among the country's most highly respected science centers. For 37 years, COSI has empowered more than 15 million visitors by helping each to find their true learning potential. COSI distinguishes itself by creating programs and experiences that make science/learning fun through hands-on discovery.
COSI features interactive, discovery-based and themed exhibit areas, three theaters, the outdoor Big Science Park, the world's only high wire unicycle, a restaurant, and shop. The exhibition areas - Adventure, i|o, Gadgets, Life, little kidspace, Ocean, Progress, and Space - each provides experiences for all age levels that creatively combine science facts and learning through play. COSI is supported by a network of community and statewide partnerships, beginning with Memberships that currently total 18,000 families, as well as Donors and Sponsors. COSI's staff is composed of 195 full-time Team Members, 183 part-time, and approximately 1,020 volunteers.