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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM (Conrad Geiger) Subject: NeXT And Digital To Market NEXTSTEP Software Organization: Next Announcements Approved: sanguish@digifix.com For Immediate Release Contact: Karen Logsdon NeXT Computer, Inc. 415/780-3786 or Marilyn Kilinski Ketchum Public Relations 212/536-8865 NeXT And Digital To Market NEXTSTEP Software SAN FRANCISCO, May 25, 1993 - NeXT Computer, Inc. and Digital Equipment Corporation today announced plans for Digital to resell the NEXTSTEP object-oriented operating system software with its personal computers. Digital intends to offer NEXTSTEP on selected products to meet customer demands for developing and deploying client/server applications. Digital will certify NEXTSTEP, resell and pre-install it on selected Intel 486- and Pentium-based platforms. "By offering NEXTSTEP as a choice of operating systems on Digital PCs, we will meet customers specific demands for state-of-the-art development environments on high-performance, Digital PC platforms." said Enrico Pesatori, vice president and general manager of the Personal Computer Business Unit, Digital Equipment Corporation. "NEXTSTEP's availability on leading, high-performance PCs from Digital is one more indication that that we are committed to providing customers integrated hardware and software solutions to develop and deploy client/server applications." said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked computer systems, software and services. Digital pioneered and leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor computing. Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the best integrated solutions "from desktop to data center" in open information environments. NeXT develops and markets the industry-acclaimed NEXTSTEP object-oriented software for industry-standard computer architectures. NEXTSTEP is used by customers to develop and deploy client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped productivity software. NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063. DECpc is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation. NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. ####
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