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                                                                     Exhibit 3.2
                                                          FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION
                                                                  NO. 04-2781676

                        THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
                             William Francis Galvin
                          Secretary of the Commonwealth
              One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512

                        CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS
                     ESTABLISHING A CLASS OR SERIES OF STOCK
                    (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 26)

We,               EDWARD TERINO                                , Vice President
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and               PATRICK RONDEAU                                       , Clerk
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of                APPLIX, INC.                                                ,
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                  (Exact name of corporation)

located at:       112 TURNPIKE ROAD, WESTBORO, MASSACHUSETTS 01581            ,
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                (Street Address of corporation in Massachusetts)

do hereby certify that at a meeting of the directors of the corporation held on
SEPTEMBER 15, 2000 the following vote establishing and designating a class or
series of stock and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof was
duly adopted:


     RESOLVED: That pursuant to the authority vested in the Board of Directors
     in accordance with the provisions of its Articles of Organization, the
     Board of Directors does hereby create, authorize and provide for the
     issuance, upon the exercise of the Rights, of the Series A Junior
     Participating Preferred Stock, having the designation and relative rights,
     preferences and limitations that are set forth in the Terms of the Series A
     Junior Participating Preferred Stock previously presented to the Board of
     Directors (a copy of which shall be attached to the minutes of this meeting
     as Exhibit A), which terms are hereby approved.



     See Exhibit A attached hereto.





     *Delete the inapplicable words.

     Note: Votes for which the space provided above is not sufficient should be
     provided on one side of separate 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of white paper, numbered
     2A, 2B, etc., with a left margin of at least 1 inch.





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SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, this 15TH day of SEPTEMBER, 2000.
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                           /s/ Edward Terino                     Vice President
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                           /s/ Patrick Rondeau                   Clerk
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                        THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

                        CERTIFICATE OF VOTE OF DIRECTORS
                    ESTABLISHING A SERIES OF A CLASS OF STOCK
                    (GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 156B, SECTION 26)



          I hereby approve the within Certificate of Vote of Directors and, the

          filing fee in the amount of $_______ having been paid,

          said certificate is deemed to have been filed with me this ______

          day of ___________, 19__.



          Effective date:
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                                                  WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN

                                                  Secretary of the Commonwealth









                                      TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
                                      PHOTOCOPY OF DOCUMENT TO BE SENT TO:


                                            PATRICK J. RONDEAU, ESQ.
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                                            HALE AND DORR LLP
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                                            60 STATE STREET, BOSTON, MA  02109
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                                    Telephone:       617-526-6000
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                                                                       Exhibit A


             TERMS OF SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK
                                       OF

                                  APPLIX, INC.

   (To be attached to Certificate of Vote of Directors Establishing a Class or
    Series of Stock Pursuant to Chapter 156B, Section 26 of the Massachusetts
                                  General Laws)

     SERIES A JUNIOR PARTICIPATING PREFERRED STOCK:

         Section 1. Designation and Amount. The shares of such series shall be
designated as "Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock" (the "Series A
Preferred Stock") and the number of shares constituting the Series A Preferred
Stock shall be Twenty Five Thousand (25,000). Such number of shares may be
increased or decreased by resolution of the Board prior to issuance; provided,
that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
to a number less than the number of shares then outstanding plus the number of
shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options, rights or
warrants or upon the conversion of any outstanding securities issued by the
Corporation convertible into Series A Preferred Stock.

         Section 2. Dividends and Distributions.

         (A) Subject to the rights of the holders of any shares of any series of
Preferred Stock (or any similar stock) ranking prior and superior to the Series
A Preferred Stock with respect to dividends, the holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, in preference to the holders of Common Stock, par value $.0025
per share (the "Common Stock"), of the Corporation, and of any other junior
stock, shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board out
of funds of the Corporation legally available for the payment of dividends,
quarterly dividends payable in cash on the last day of each fiscal quarter of
the Corporation in each year (each such date being referred to herein as a
"Quarterly Dividend Payment Date"), commencing on the first Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date after the first issuance of a share or fraction of a share of
Series A Preferred Stock, in an amount per share (rounded to the nearest cent)
equal to the greater of (a) $10 or (b) subject to the provision for adjustment
hereinafter set forth, 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount of all cash
dividends, and 1,000 times the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of
all non-cash dividends or other distributions, other than a dividend payable in
shares of Common Stock or a subdivision of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on the Common Stock since the
immediately preceding Quarterly Dividend Payment Date or, with respect to the
first Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, since the first issuance of any share or
fraction of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. In the event the Corporation
shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in
shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount to which holders of
shares of Series A


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Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under clause (b)
of the preceding sentence shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a
fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such
event. In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any
dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock payable in shares of Series A Preferred
Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of Series A Preferred Stock) into a greater or
lesser number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then in each such case the
amount to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled
immediately prior to such event under clause (b) of the first sentence of this
Section 2(A) shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event and the denominator of which is the
number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately after such
event.

         (B) The Corporation shall declare a dividend or distribution on the
Series A Preferred Stock as provided in paragraph (A) of this Section
immediately after it declares a dividend or distribution on the Common Stock
(other than a dividend payable in shares of Common Stock) and the Corporation
shall pay such dividend or distribution on the Series A Preferred Stock before
the dividend or distribution declared on the Common Stock is paid or set apart;
provided that, in the event no dividend or distribution shall have been declared
on the Common Stock during the period between any Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date and the next subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, a dividend of $10
per share on the Series A Preferred Stock shall nevertheless be payable on such
subsequent Quarterly Dividend Payment Date.

         (C) Dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative on outstanding
shares of Series A Preferred Stock from the Quarterly Dividend Payment Date next
preceding the date of issue of such shares, unless the date of issue of such
shares is prior to the record date for the first Quarterly Dividend Payment
Date, in which case dividends on such shares shall begin to accrue from the date
of issue of such shares, or unless the date of issue is a Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date or is a date after the record date for the determination of holders
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive a quarterly dividend
and before such Quarterly Dividend Payment Date, in either of which events such
dividends shall begin to accrue and be cumulative from such Quarterly Dividend
Payment Date. Accrued but unpaid dividends shall not bear interest. Dividends
paid on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock in an amount less than the total
amount of such dividends at the time accrued and payable on such shares shall be
allocated pro rata on a share-by-share basis among all such shares at the time
outstanding. The Board may fix a record date for the determination of holders of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to receive payment of a dividend or
distribution declared thereon, which record date shall be not more than 60 days
prior to the date fixed for the payment thereof.

         Section 3. Voting Rights. The holders of shares of Series A Preferred
Stock shall have the following voting rights:

         (A) Subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, each
share of Series A Preferred Stock shall entitle the holder thereof to 1,000
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of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the Corporation shall at
any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of
Common Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the number of votes per share
to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately
prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such number by a fraction,
the numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event. In
the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the
Series A Preferred Stock payable in shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or
effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a
dividend in shares of Series A Preferred Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then in each such case the number of
votes per share to which holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock were
entitled immediately prior to such event shall be adjusted by multiplying such
amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock
outstanding immediately after such event.

         (B) Except as otherwise provided herein, in the Articles of
Organization or by law, the holders of shares of Series A Preferred Stock and
the holders of shares of Common Stock and any other capital stock of the
Corporation having general voting rights shall vote together as one class on all
matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation.
         (C) (i) If at any time dividends on any Series A Preferred Stock shall
be in arrears in an amount equal to six quarterly dividends thereon, the holders
of the Series A Preferred Stock, voting as a separate series from all other
series of Preferred Stock and classes of capital stock, shall be entitled to
elect two members of the Board in addition to any Directors elected by any other
series, class or classes of securities and the authorized number of Directors
will automatically be increased by two. Promptly thereafter, the Board of the
Corporation shall, as soon as may be practicable, call a special meeting of
holders of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of electing such members of
the Board. Such special meeting shall in any event be held within 45 days of the
occurrence of such arrearage.

            (ii) During any period when the holders of Series A Preferred Stock,
         voting as a separate series, shall be entitled and shall have exercised
         their right to elect two Directors, then, and during such time as such
         right continues, (a) the then authorized number of Directors shall be
         increased by two, and the holders of Series A Preferred Stock, voting
         as a separate series, shall be entitled to elect the additional
         Directors so provided for, and (b) each such additional Director shall
         not be a member of any existing class of the Board, but shall serve
         until the next annual meeting of stockholders for the election of
         Directors, or until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify,
         or until his right to hold such office terminates pursuant to the
         provisions of this Section 3(C).


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            (iii) A Director elected pursuant to the terms hereof may be removed
         with or without cause by the holders of Series A Preferred Stock
         entitled to vote in an election of such Director.

            (iv) If, during any interval between annual meetings of stockholders
         for the election of Directors and while the holders of Series A
         Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect two Directors, there is no
         such Director in office by reason of resignation, death or removal,
         then, promptly thereafter, the Board shall call a special meeting of
         the holders of Series A Preferred Stock for the purpose of filling such
         vacancy and such vacancy shall be filled at such special meeting. Such
         special meeting shall in any event be held within 45 days of the
         occurrence of such vacancy.

            (v) At such time as the arrearage is fully cured, and all dividends
         accumulated and unpaid on any shares of Series A Preferred Stock
         outstanding are paid, and, in addition thereto, at least one regular
         dividend has been paid subsequent to curing such arrearage, the term of
         office of any Director elected pursuant to this Section 3(C), or his
         successor, shall automatically terminate, and the authorized number of
         Directors shall automatically decrease by two, the rights of the
         holders of the shares of the Series A Preferred Stock to vote as
         provided in this Section 3(C) shall cease, subject to renewal from time
         to time upon the same terms and conditions, and the holders of shares
         of the Series A Preferred Stock shall have only the limited voting
         rights elsewhere herein set forth.

         (D) Except as set forth herein, or as otherwise provided by law,
holders of Series A Preferred Stock shall have no special voting rights and
their consent shall not be required (except to the extent they are entitled to
vote with holders of Common Stock as set forth herein) for taking any corporate
action.

         Section 4. Certain Restrictions.

         (A) Whenever quarterly dividends or other dividends or distributions
payable on the Series A Preferred Stock as provided in Section 2 are in arrears,
thereafter and until all accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions, whether
or not declared, on shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding shall have
been paid in full, the Corporation shall not:

            (i) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on
         any shares of stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
         liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred
         Stock;

            (ii) declare or pay dividends, or make any other distributions, on
         any shares of stock ranking on a parity (either as to dividends or upon
         liquidation, dissolution or winding up) with the Series A Preferred
         Stock, except dividends paid ratably on the Series A Preferred Stock
         and all such parity stock on which dividends are payable or in arrears
         in proportion to the total amounts to which the holders of all such
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            (iii) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration
         shares of any stock ranking junior (either as to dividends or upon
         liquidation, dissolution or winding up) to the Series A Preferred
         Stock, provided that the Corporation may at any time redeem, purchase
         or otherwise acquire shares of any such junior stock in exchange for
         shares of any stock of the Corporation ranking junior (either as to
         dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up) to the Series
         A Preferred Stock; or

            (iv) redeem or purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any
         shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or any shares of stock ranking on a
         parity with the Series A Preferred Stock, except in accordance with a
         purchase offer made in writing or by publication (as determined by the
         Board) to all holders of such shares upon such terms as the Board,
         after consideration of the respective annual dividend rates and other
         relative rights and preferences of the respective series and classes,
         shall determine in good faith will result in fair and equitable
         treatment among the respective series or classes.

         (B) The Corporation shall not permit any subsidiary of the Corporation
to purchase or otherwise acquire for consideration any shares of stock of the
Corporation unless the Corporation could, under paragraph (A) of this Section 4,
purchase or otherwise acquire such shares at such time and in such manner.

         Section 5. Reacquired Shares. Any shares of Series A Preferred Stock
purchased or otherwise acquired by the Corporation in any manner whatsoever
shall be retired and cancelled promptly after the acquisition thereof. All such
shares shall upon their cancellation become authorized but unissued shares of
Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock
subject to the conditions and restrictions on issuance set forth herein, in the
Articles of Organization, or in any other Certificate of Vote of Directors
Establishing a Class or Series of Stock creating a series of Preferred Stock or
any similar stock or as otherwise required by law.

         Section 6. Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up.

         (A) Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation,
no distribution shall be made (1) to the holders of shares of stock ranking
junior (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up)
to the Series A Preferred Stock unless, prior thereto, the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall have received $1000 per share, plus an amount
equal to accrued and unpaid dividends and distributions thereon, whether or not
declared, to the date of such payment, provided that the holders of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive an aggregate amount per
share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth, equal to
1,000 times the aggregate amount to be distributed per share to holders of
shares of Common Stock, or (2) to the holders of shares of stock ranking on a
parity (either as to dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up)
with the Series A Preferred Stock, except distributions made ratably on the
Series A Preferred Stock and all such parity stock in proportion to the total
amounts to which the holders of all such shares are entitled upon such
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         (B) Neither the consolidation, merger or other business combination of
the Corporation with or into any other corporation nor the sale, lease, exchange
or conveyance of all or any part of the property, assets or business of the
Corporation shall be deemed to be a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
the Corporation for purposes of this Section 6.

         (C) In the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any
dividend on the Common Stock payable in shares of Common Stock, or effect a
subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of Common
Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares
of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Common Stock, then
in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event under the proviso
in clause (1) of paragraph (A) of this Section 6 shall be adjusted by
multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event and the
denominator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock that were
outstanding immediately prior to such event. In the event the Corporation shall
at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Series A Preferred Stock payable
in shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or
consolidation of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock (by
reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a dividend in shares of Series
A Preferred Stock) into a greater or lesser number of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock, then in each such case the aggregate amount to which holders of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock were entitled immediately prior to such event
under the proviso in clause (1) of paragraph (A) of this Section 6 shall be
adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the
number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock that were outstanding immediately
prior to such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of
Series A Preferred Stock outstanding immediately after such event.

         Section 7. Consolidation, Merger, etc. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, in case the Corporation shall enter into any
consolidation, merger, combination or other transaction in which the shares of
Common Stock are exchanged for or changed into other stock or securities, cash
and/or any other property, then in any such case each share of Series A
Preferred Stock shall at the same time be similarly exchanged or changed into an
amount per share, subject to the provision for adjustment hereinafter set forth,
equal to 1,000 times the aggregate amount of stock, securities, cash and/or any
other property (payable in kind), as the case may be, into which or for which
each share of Common Stock is changed or exchanged. In the event the Corporation
shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the Common Stock payable in
shares of Common Stock, or effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of
the outstanding shares of Common Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by
payment of a dividend in shares of Common Stock) into a greater or lesser number
of shares of Common Stock, then in each such case the amount set forth in the
preceding sentence with respect to the exchange or change of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by multiplying such amount by a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding
immediately after such event and the denominator of which is the number of
shares of Common Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to such event. In
the event the Corporation shall at any time declare or pay any dividend on the
Series A Preferred Stock payable in shares of Series A Preferred Stock, or
effect a subdivision, combination or consolidation of the outstanding shares of
Series A Preferred Stock (by reclassification or otherwise than by payment of a
dividend in shares of Series A Preferred Stock) into a greater or


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lesser number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock, then in each such case the
amount set forth in the first sentence of this Section 7 with respect to the
exchange or change of shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall be adjusted by
multiplying such amount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of
shares of Series A Preferred Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to
such event and the denominator of which is the number of shares of Series A
Preferred Stock outstanding immediately after such event.

         Section 8. No Redemption. The shares of Series A Preferred Stock shall
not be redeemable.

         Section 9. Rank. The Series A Preferred Stock shall rank, with respect
to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets, junior to all series
of any other class of the Preferred Stock issued either before or after the
issuance of the Series A Preferred Stock, unless the terms of any such series
shall provide otherwise.

         Section 10. Amendment. At such time as any shares of Series A Preferred
Stock are outstanding, the Articles of Organization, as amended, of the
Corporation shall not be amended in any manner which would materially alter or
change the powers, preferences or special rights of the Series A Preferred Stock
so as to affect them adversely without the affirmative vote of the holders of at
least two-thirds of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, voting
together as a single class.

         Section 11. Fractional Shares. Series A Preferred Stock may be issued
in fractions of a share which shall entitle the holder, in proportion to such
holder's fractional shares, to exercise voting rights, receive dividends,
participate in distributions and have the benefit of all other rights of holders
of Series A Preferred Stock.


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