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Path: digifix!not-for-mail From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.COM (Conrad Geiger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NEXTSTEP Media Quotes (May-August, 1993) Date: 19 Aug 1993 15:15:57 -0400 Organization: Next Announcements Lines: 548 Sender: sanguish@digifix.com Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Message-ID: <250jhd$3d1@digifix.digifix.com> Greetings, Below are some great recent media quotes regarding NEXTSTEP. This is something that you might want to keep around for future reference and pass along to others considering NEXTSTEP! There are short positive NEXTSTEP comments from the following publications: UNIX World InfoWorld BYTE The New York Times SF Examiner Oakland Tribune Computers in Physics Global Investment Technology Open Systems Today Computerworld PC Week Network Computing Fortune Magazine PC Magazine Computer Shopper Waters Magazine Santa Cruz Sentinel Conrad Geiger NeXT __________________________________________________________________ NEXTSTEP MEDIA QUOTES (from articles appearing May 26 through August 18, 1993) THE HP DEAL "The H-P alliance put a 'seal of approval' on NeXT's software, which uses a new technology called object orientation that makes it easier to create customized computer applications." --- Dataquest analyst Paul Cubbage for the SF Examiner,May 26, 1993 "I think this could be a big hit for NeXT. It will be some months before we see working systems, but H-P is as good as anyone at bringing technology to market." --- Dataquest analyst Paul Cubbage for the SF Examiner,May 26, 1993 "NeXT has done a lot better than anyone else in using (object oriented programming) to make applications development easier." --- Dataquest analyst Paul Cubbage for the SF Examiner,May 26, 1993 "His [Steve Jobs'] position's greatly improved. There is a focused strategy that goes with the HP-NeXT deal." --- Dataquest analyst Lisa Thorell for Oakland Tribune,May 26, 1993 "NeXT scores key software deal with HP" -- Oakland Tribune, May 26. 1993 "Alliance with HP gives Next marketing muscle, credibility" -- InfoWorld, May 31, 1993 "HP is very good for Next. It's a very rigorous company." -- William Young, senior systems engineer for Trident Data Systems of Los Angeles for InfoWorld, May 31, 1993 "The partnership of H-P and NeXT gives CRT, 'the best of both worlds. You have the best rapid development environment and superior power both on the server and on the desktop, along with a new commitment from NeXT to interoperability with DCE (Distributed Computing Environment) and OpenView (H-P's network and system management environment) support. Plus, we have the service organization from H-P that we've really grown to depend on.'" -- John Keazirian, CRT's Executive Vice President of Technology for Global Investment Technology, June 28, 1993 PORTABLE DISTRIBUTED OBJECTS (PDO) "The PDO software announced here helps fix one of the major problems for Next users: the lack of powerful servers capable of running objects created with NextStep. With PDO, users could offload processor-intensive tasks to a shared Unix RISC server, for instance. -- Open Systems Today, June 7, 1993 "PDO is a leading-edge technology that larger vendors are likely to emulate." --Rikki Kirzner, principal analyst at Dataquest for Computerworld, June 28, 1993 "It [PDO] once again shows that the innovative thinking and advanced features from NeXT could push the industry forward. They're still a leading-edge player, but I think that the technology will be copied in one form or another." -- Rikki Kirzner, principal analyst at Dataquest for Computerworld, June 28, 1993 NEXTSTEP 3.1 FOR INTEL PROCESSORS GENERAL COMMENTS "NEXTSTEP/Intel raises bar for X86-based Unix" -- PC Week, June 28, 1993 "NeXT Inc.'s NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors 3.1 is not your Dad's Operating System. It combines an arresting interface with excellent connectivity, multitasking muscle and a powerful object-oriented development environment." -- PC Week, June 28, 1993 "NEXTSTEP is the most approachable and full-featured of the Unix systems available on the Intel Corp. platform." -- PC Week, June 28, 1993 "The steep hardware requirements may not make it the Volkswagen of operating systems, but there's always a market for a Mercedes." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "There are many nice things to be said for NeXTSTEP v3.1. It has a pretty good interface, supports several network architectures out-of-the-box and has an incredible set of development tools." -- Network Computing, June 1993 "Overall, we rank NeXTSTEP v3.1 as a good buy, especially for sites that need to develop, distribute and manage corporate applications." -- Network Computing, June 1993 "NextStep. When Steve Jobs introduced this software as the operating system for his Next computers in 1988, he claimed it was years ahead of its time. He was right." -- Fortune Magazine, June 14, 1993 "Using NextStep, corporate customers can readily assemble software modules to fit their business needs and modi operandi. They can program more quickly and economically than with traditional methods and thereafter update their applications with ease." -- Fortune Magazine, June 14, 1993 "NextStep 3.1 for Intel: Users say it sizzles on 486 machines and is the best OOP Platform." -- Computerworld, June 14. 1993 "Evaluators said Next, Inc's NextStep for Intel is a robust implementation of the operating system and development environment. They were surprised that performance on the Intel platform exceeded that of Next's proprietary hardware." -- Computerworld, June 14. 1993 "We foresee NeXTStep taking a place similar to that of the Macintosh: an operating system that's not for everyone, but extraordinarily powerful and easy to use for those willing to travel a path away from the mainstream." -- PC Magazine, August 1993 "Do keep your eyes open for NeXTSTEP, NeXT's evolutionary--and in some ways revolutionary--operating environment for 486 or higher PC's..." -- Computer Shopper, July 1993 "Next's shift from workstation manufacturer to software vendor was a smart move: NextStep for Intel Processors is a nice system." -- BYTE, August 1993 "...the move to a platform where even high-end hardware can get real cheap real fast will help to ensure this elegant operating system's future." -- BYTE, August 1993 "Nextstep for Intel brings exceptional graphics, a powerful object environment, and UNIX interoperability to the PC." -- UNIX World, September 1993 "Nextstep 3.1 shows that Next has made an effort to be a "good neighbor" to other desktop systems." -- UNIX World, September 1993 VERSUS THE COMPETITION "Against Solaris and SCO Unix, NextStep is comparable in performance an superior in its user interface." -- BYTE, August 1993 "How about Windows NT? It, too, is a microkernel-based 32-bit multitasking system for networking environments and requires top-of-the-line hardware. But NextStep is more complete, already established by users and VARs and it is easier to develop applications for NextStep than for NT. NT's interface is Windows, which is already familiar to millions of users. NextStep's interface is better, in my opinion, but it does not come with a large supply of pretrained users." -- BYTE, August 1993 "Many computer industry executives consider NEXTSTEP to be more advanced than object-oriented software from Microsoft, Apple and I.B.M." -- The New York Times, May 26. 1993 DEVELOPER PRODUCT "For developers of corporate information systems and custom applications, NEXTSTEP provided an integrated object-oriented programming environment and access to databases." -- PC Week, June 28, 1993 "...as a platform for building and distributing corporate applications, NeXTSTEP v3.1 brings more to the party than any other operating system." -- Network Computing, June 1993 "NeXTSTEP v3.1's greatest strength is in its development tools. Since so much code is reusable, industrial-strength applications can be built in no time, and they will be of professional quality. And there is a huge variety of third-party tools for everything from add-on database access libraries to telephony-based tools." -- Network Computing, June 1993 "The NeXTSTEP development environment is arguably one of the most significant software engineering accomplishments of the past decade." -- Computers in Physics, May/June 1993 "The relative shortfall of commercial applications for NextStep is of continuing concern. But the evaluators claimed the NextStep development environment outweighs this issue." -- Computerworld, June 14. 1993 "From a developer perspective...NextStep for Intel has no peer. Starting with the complement of developer tools such as Interface Builder and extending to the enhanced and simplified Unix utility programs, NextStep has few rivals as an operating environment." -- Computerworld, June 14. 1993 "Still, in testing, NeXTStep worked like a fine Swiss watch both in standalone mode and concurrently as a node on NetWare and TCP/IP networks. And adventurous programmers will be delighted with NextStep's development environment." -- PC Magazine, August 1993 "...developers, once they've played with NeXTSTEP, are completely hooked." -- Computer Shopper, July 1993 "Its designers favored elegance and simplicity and ignored existing conventions that they didn't feel made sense. This is important to users, but it's even more important to developers. -- Computer Shopper, July 1993 ON OBJECTS "NeXT has rigorously adhered to the object-oriented paradigm in NeXTStep." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "Object-Orientation has become a way of life for McCaw Cellular" -- Open Systems Today, June 7, 1993 "NeXTStep brings objectivity to operating systems" -- PC Magazine, August 1993 "With the arrival of NeXTStep, object-oriented operating systems are no longer the stuff of science fiction for PC users. It is just this design approach that makes NeXTStep an extraordinary development platform ready for corporate America." -- PC Magazine, August 1993 "NeXTStep hides its Unix-based core with a great object-oriented interface." -- PC Magazine, August 1993 "Next no longer makes computers. But it continues to do what it has always done best-developing and delivering system software that offers many of the benefits of object orientation that Taligent and Cairo still only promise. Unlike these others, NextStep provides easily customized and easily linked functional modules today, as it has for over four years." -- BYTE, August 1993 GUI AND GRAPHICS "NeXTStep's real-time graphics amaze and delight." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "NeXTStep gives you eye-popping true-color visual images that move with incredible fluidity on-screen." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "NeXTStep for PCs is as beautiful and awe-inspiring to look at as its picture on the company's sleek black boxes." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "Its easy-to-use-object-oriented interface makes it stand apart from the other 32-bit operating systems." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "NeXTStep for Intel Processors has a user Interface that's nothing short of breathtaking." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "With 24-bit graphics support, NeXTStep offers true-color images that move with incredible fluidity on-screen." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "Users who are familiar with GUIs will feel right at home in NeXTSTEP; they need not be concerned with Unix at all." -- Computers in Physics, May/June 1993 "Other than built-in networking, multimedia e-mail, true multitasking, and support for 24-bit true color graphics, what does NeXTStep deliver? First and foremost is a breathtaking interface-the Workspace Manager-that rivals and even surpasses that of the Macintosh." -- PC Magazine, August 1993 "In effect, [NEXTSTEP] is a GUI and an application framework rolled into one." -- Computer Shopper, July 1993 "It isn't just the object-oriented design and the Mach-based operating system that have made NextStep so popular with its users and developers; it is also the visual design, the graphical elements that come with the system, and the ease of use that these elements provide the user." -- BYTE, August 1993 "When it comes to applications, Nextstep's graphics shine." -- UNIX World, September 1993 SYSTEM, INSTALLATION, SETUP "Based on a variant of the Unix operating system called Mach, NextStep is a stable and reliable platform." -- Computerworld, June 14. 1993 "While multiple operations still leave Windows 3.1 floundering, NeXTStep (thanks to its enhanced Mach operating kernel) never skips a stitch while running half a dozen operations at once." -- PC Magazine, June 15, 1993 "Installing the operating system was simplicity itself." -- PC Week, June 28, 1993 "Setting up a network was easy." -- PC Week, June 28, 1993 "NEXTSTEP and UnixWare stand out among the Unix-on-Intel operating systems in their truly transparent NetWare access." -- PC Week, June 28, 1993 "Tasks that take much time and knowledge on other platforms just work out of the box." -- Computers in Physics, May/June 1993 "Once NeXTSTEP has been set up and is running, it requires less software administration work and is far more functional, than single-user operating systems." -- Computers in Physics, May/June 1993 "NextStep also provides a standard software installer and many other common utilities. By providing commonality among the applications and utilities, Next has made its operating system very easy to learn-despite its Unix underpinnings." -- BYTE, August 1993 "An important benefits to Next's move to Intel machines is the opportunity that the Pentium offers-multiprocessor multitasking." -- BYTE, August 1993 "Nextstep supports tremendous functionality and integration." -- UNIX World, September 1993 APPLICATIONS "All the typical office-based applications, such as word processors and spreadsheets, are available for the NeXTSTEP environment. And since application developers can reuse application objects in their programs, the applications are all highly consistent." -- Network Computing, June 1993 "... the available applications are some of the best around. Indeed, many features now being introduced on other platforms have been available under NeXTSTEP for years." -- Network Computing, June 1993 "NeXTStep isn't high and dry on the application side either. Word Perfect, Mesa (a spreadsheet) and Gupta SQLBase Server are now available, to name a few. NeXT includes a catalog of apps along with a sampler CD-ROM in NeXTStep. It also comes richly endowed with its own apps..." -- PC Magazine, August 1993 "Conspicuously absent among developers' clever schemes was the notion of special-purpose or custom "applets" offered to artists from the desktop through linking mechanisms such as OLE or Publish and Subscribe. Perhaps the only GUI up to the task of enabling this approach of application integration from the desktop is NeXTstep. Steve Jobs may yet hit his second homer as NeXTstep goes mainstream with its arrival on Intel processors." -- Computer Artist, June/July 1993 "NextStep applications have the same high level of consistency that you find in Mac applications." -- BYTE, August 1993 IN EDUCATION "NEXTSTEP has lived up to its promise in an educational environment." --- Computers in Physics, May/June 1993 CUSTOMER COMMENTS "As for choosing the object-oriented environment: Until next-generation products like Microsoft's Cairo and the Apple/IBM Taligent appear, SmallTalk and NextStep seemed to be the only available full-fledged object systems" -- Ingvar Petursson of McCaw Cellular for Open Systems Today, June 7, 1993 "NextStep provided integrated tools and a set of objects that cut down the amount of development staff needed to do. It also had the multimedia support that's key to some of the applications that McCaw is developing, like the customer service software that displays phone images and plays the sound that indicate network problems." -- Wayne Yerigan, Axys technical architect, of McCaw Cellular for Open Systems Today, June 7, 1993 "I've never experienced a failure on NextStep, mostly because it's a Unix operating system." -- Telecom firm for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "We're doing things with NextStep that it doesn't normally support by extending the development environment." -- Integrator for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "I was surprised at how seamlessly everything came together." -- Developer for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "It's plug and play. You load it and it goes." -- Telecom firm for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "We were able to turn out a new [NextStep-ready] system in an hour." -- Integrator for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "NextStep is giving us a 100-to 1 magnification over conventional programming environments." -- Developer for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "It is 'the best environment known to mankind for object-oriented software development. It's not worth talking about because no one will believe you.'" --Telecom firm for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "Everything a person could think of is in Unix, and Next has packaged those [Unix] commands into good user interface objects." -- Developer for Computerworld, June 14, 1993 "One of the great things about [NEXTSTEP] is its iconic graphic visualization. You get quite visual in the NeXT world and I think that's really how people connect." -- Duncan Wilcox of Nicholas-Applegate for Waters Magazine, Summer 1993 "I believe in it [NEXTSTEP for Intel] firmly and will definitely go in that direction because it gives us a lot of flexibility and allows us to preserve some of the hardware investment that we've already made." -- Duncan Wilcox of Nicholas-Applegate for Waters Magazine, Summer 1993 "I just think it's the best face UNIX has ever put on. I've been playing with all kinds of different X Windows tools to try and examine alternatives. We've had Reuters Advanced Trader Workstation, FD's Xtrade, a lot of X Windows-based packages, and it's just not the same." -- Duncan Wilcox of Nicholas-Applegate for Waters Magazine, Summer 1993 "One of NeXT's greatest advantages is if you learn how to print a document from one application, it's the same functionality on every other application. Whereas if you print in Excel or in Microsoft Word or in Paradox, it's all different." -- Duncan Wilcox of Nicholas-Applegate for Waters Magazine, Summer 1993 "I say: 'I think it just takes us to put on a solid face that we're committed and we'll get other people on board.' My new phrase is: 'If we build it, they will come.'" -- Duncan Wilcox of Nicholas-Applegate for Waters Magazine, Summer 1993 "Next has a fully developed product. It was the only product on the market that was mature. Nextstep will allow programmers to quickly develop new applications. -- Gary Roberts, Skyway's vice president of information systems for the Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 8, 1993 "Skyway looked at six companies, including Sun Microsystems, NCR and Pyramid Technology before selecting NeXT." -- Santa Cruz Sentinel, July 8, 1993 --end--
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