EXHIBIT 1

                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, each of the persons named below agrees to the joint filing of a
statement on Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the
common stock, without par value of Frontstep Systems, Inc., an Ohio corporation
and further agrees that this Joint Filing Agreement be included as an exhibit
to such filings provided that, as contemplated by Section 13d-1(k)(l)(ii), no
person shall be responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the information
concerning the other persons making the filing, unless such person knows or has
reason to believe that such information is inaccurate. This Joint Filing may be
executed in any number of counterparts, all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.

FALLEN ANGEL CAPITAL, L.L.C.              FALLEN ANGEL EQUITY FUND, L.P.

By: /s/  Barry Goldsmith                  By Fallen Angel Capital, L.L.C.
   -----------------------------------       its General Partner
   Name: Barry Goldsmith
   Title:   Member                        By: /s/  Barry Goldsmith
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                                             Name:  Barry Goldsmith
                                             Title:  Member