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From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces November Raffle Winner Date: 2 Dec 1996 20:32:00 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <57vec0$6lt@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Albuquerque, NM, December 1, 1996 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the NEXTSTEP/OpenStep software marketplace, announced today the winner of the November Raffle for a Stoneworker t-shirt and Stone CD Volume 3. The winner is Joseph Chiang-Shen Wu. Stone Design will raffle a tshirt and CD combo each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for NEXTSTEP, OpenStep and Java. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. The Stone Design logotype is copyright Stone Design 1994. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Timothy J Luoma <luomat@peak.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: WideScreen (QuadFat !!)-- Virtual Desktop Date: 2 Dec 1996 21:24:14 GMT Organization: Princeton Theological Seminary Message-ID: <57vhdu$6tu@news.digifix.com> Thanks to some code enhancements by Ralf Suckow <Ralf.Suckow@bln.sel.alcatel.de> and Eric Tremblay <eric@cdrom.com>, WideScreen is now available as a QuadFat app! WideScreen was originally developed by Michael D. Marchionna <mdm@wdl1.wdl.loral.com>. Extracted from the README: This is Version 0.5 of WideScreen (formerly known as WideScreen V0.4-V0.2 and VDT V0.1. WideScreen is a Virtual Desktop manager currently under development. If you are familiar the X window manager "tvtwm" or the VirtSpace.app utility then you known what WideScreen does. WideScreen was started before VirtSpace.app was released to the general public. I was going to abandon WideScreen when VirtSpace came out, but I decided to continue development since I wasn't completely satisfied with the functionality of VirtSpace. I'd like to thank Ralf Suckow <Ralf.Suckow@bln.sel.alcatel.de> for making the code enhancements, and Eric Tremblay <eric@cdrom.com> for taking the time to compile the app QuadFat. TjL <luomat@peak.org> The new version can be found here: (permanent) ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/workspace/WideScreen.0.5.NIHS.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/workspace/WideScreen.0.5.README (next 4 weeks) ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/WideScreen.0.5.NIHS.bs.tar.gz ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/WideScreen.0.5.README
From: <rob@optimal-object.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Openstep Enterprise 4.1 for NT Academic Bundle from Optimal Object Date: 2 Dec 1996 22:41:13 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Message-ID: <57vlu9$79p@news.digifix.com> Hello Openstep Community: NeXT Software, Inc & Optimal Object, Inc Announce the availability of Openstep Enterprise 4.1 for NT Academic Bundles: The N5893 $299 Openstep Enterprise NT Academic Bundle Includes: Manuals: Discovering Openstep : A Developer Tutorial EOF Developer's Guide Object-Oriented Programming & the Objective C Language D'OLE Developers Guide CD-ROM: Openstep 4.1 Runtime for NT Openstep 4.1 Developer Tools for NT D'OLE for NT EOF for NT License Pack UPS Ground Shipping and Handling within the US $25 Total $324 Order Forms and Qualification Information is Available at: http://www.optimal-object.com/ Questions may be directed to info@optimal-object.com or 1-800-452-7608 We Accept MC, Visa, Discover, Personal Checks , Money Orders and Cashiers Checks. * Please note $1000 Minimum on Purchase Orders from Universities, PO's under $1000 are always accepted if they are accompanied with a Prepaid check for the full amount. i.e. $324 for 1 Copy. We look forward to offering our assistance if needed by providing a Statement of the minimum prepay purchase policy and a proforma invoice for your Accounts Payable Department. The NT Enterprise 4.1 Academic Bundle Part Number N5893 can also be Ordered through most University Bookstores that purchase products through NACSCORP. Best Regards: Rob Blessin National Sales Account Manager Optimal Object, Inc. 4685 Peoria St., STE 221 Denver, CO 80239 800-452-7608 303-799-6223 303-799-1435 FAX rob@optimal-object.com http://www.optimal-object.com/ "NEXTSTEP is probably the most respected software on the planet" Byte Magazine ************************ NeXT Software, Inc. NeXT delivers open software development environments for building custom applications for both the World Wide Web and the Enterprise. NeXT's development software adds value to today's business by shortening the development cycle, working with an organization's existing technology, supporting current and emerging standards, and enabling organizations to grow and change with ease. Providing its customers with a combination of award-winning software and professional services, NeXT delivers real-world solutions. NeXT Software, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo. For more information please visit NeXT's web site at http://www.next.com or call 1-800-TRY-NeXT. For more information please call 1-800-TRY-NeXT. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Press and Analysts Inquiries: Nicole Overson NeXT Software, Inc. 415-780-3731 nicole@next.com Trademark Info: NeXT, the NeXT logo, WebObjects, Objective-C, OPENSTEP, and WebScript are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. ******************************* Optimal Object Inc. is the Commercial & Academic Distributor of NeXTSTEP, OpenStep Operating Systems, WebObjects and is the largest distributor of hardware and third-party software applications for NeXTSTEP and OpenStep.
From: Nicole Overson <Nicole_Overson@next.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT SOFTWARE DELIVERS "THE WORKS" TO CYBERSLICE'S PIZZA WEB SITE Date: 3 Dec 1996 08:55:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <580pup$ap6@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Nicole Overson NeXT Software, Inc. 415-780-3731 nicole@next.com Justin Jed Niehaus Ryan Group 415-827-7056 justin@nrgpr.com NeXT SOFTWARE DELIVERS "THE WORKS" TO CYBERSLICE'S PIZZA WEB SITE Powered by WebObjects, CyberSlice's Innovative Commerce Site Integrates Diverse Technologies Demonstrating NeXT's Technical Versatility Redwood City, Calif. -- December 3, 1996 -- NeXT Software today announced that CyberSlice, an online pizza ordering service, has used WebObjects(TM) Enterprise software to build its inaugural web site. The ground-breaking WebObjects application, at www.cyberslice.com, integrates geographical information systems (GIS) from MapQuest with telephony software from APEX to let consumers order pizza via the Internet from all registered pizza restaurants in their respective areas. For Internet consumers, CyberSlice provides dynamic and customized service. Unlike other Internet-based restaurant services, CyberSlice uses WebObjects to select in real time all neighborhood pizzerias that are both ready and willing to deliver at the time of a consumer's inquiry. For merchants, CyberSlice enables any restaurant with a telephone to tap into the emerging Internet market without a computer. CyberSlice offers merchants their own web pages with menus stored in its centralized database -- free of charge! "CyberSlice has enabled any small or large pizza provider to get online," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Software. "NeXT is excited to provide the enabling technology to CyberSlice, which combines fun with an innovative business concept. The success of CyberSlice shows the versatility of WebObjects in creating and deploying consumer web applications that are both sophisticated and original." CyberSlice customers first select from a choice of interfaces, ranging from a purely streamlined view to a more entertaining "Little Italy" theme. From the moment a customer enters his/her address, WebObjects helps to customize the interface. WebObjects uses MapQuest interactive mapping data to cross-reference a customer's address with the geographic delivery preferences and business hours of all the merchants in the customer's selected area. The result is a web site that lists select restaurants willing and able to deliver fresh, hot pizza. "Millions of people order pizza every day; we're about to change that whole experience," said Tim Glass, President and co-founder of CyberSlice. "Have you ever flipped through the phone book for your favorite pizzeria only to find it's closed, doesn't deliver or the staff is too hurried to discuss the menu? The WebObjects technology behind CyberSlice helped us take the guess work out of ordering. It contacts the databases, integrates maps, and initiates a program that calls the pizzeria for you. CyberSlice and NeXT make ordering pizza as easy as pie." Value to Internet Customers Since each pizzeria has its own URL, the Internet customer can access this URL directly or choose it from the customized list of available vendors in his/her area. Presented with both regular menu items and "Internet Specials," the Internet customer can quickly and easily make best-value selections. Value to Merchants Most pizzerias do not have networked computers; however, every pizzeria has a telephone. CyberSlice's WebObjects application prompts an interactive voice response system, provided by APEX Voice Communications, to relay orders directly to each pizzeria. The merchant accepts and processes the order, at which point a notification is sent to the customer that the delivery is on its way. To date, CyberSlice customers can order from more than 1,000 pizzerias in the Boston, New York, San Francisco and Seattle metropolitan areas. CyberSlice will extend its WebObjects application to accommodate every major metropolitan area in the US by the second quarter of 1997. WebObjects The award-winning WebObjects Enterprise application server allows developers to rapidly create dynamic web applications while enabling access to existing corporate data and applications. WebObjects offers a cross-platform, language-independent development environment for delivering interactive, scalable, server-based web applications. The development environment includes many pre-built client and server components which can extend traditional client/server systems to the Web. CyberSlice, Inc. CyberSlice, is the only site on the Web that maintains a comprehensive listing of pizza parlors across the country with complete interactive menus and discount specials. CyberSlice serves up localized information for immediacy, convenience and value to the individual Internet consumer. For more information on CyberSlice, go to www.cyberslice.com, or call 206-282-9330. NeXT Software, Inc. NeXT delivers open software development environments for building custom applications for both the World Wide Web and the Enterprise. NeXT's development software adds value to today's business by shortening the development cycle, working with an organization's existing technology, supporting current and emerging standards, and enabling organizations to grow and change with ease. Providing its customers with a combination of award-winning software and professional services, NeXT delivers real-world solutions. NeXT Software, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo. For more information please visit NeXT's web site at http://www.next.com or call 1-800-TRY-NeXT. Trademark Info: NeXT, the NeXT logo and WebObjects are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sendmail 8.8.4 Date: 3 Dec 1996 04:49:43 GMT Organization: Posted via CAIS Internet <info@cais.com> Message-ID: <580bh7$9g8@news.digifix.com> Finally, a decent up-to-date sendmail for NEXTSTEP! This latest version is compiled for multiple architectures (NeXT m68k, Intel x86, HP PA-RISC, Sun SPARC), supports NetInfo, NIS, smrsh (sendmail restricted shell), mail.local and outgoing aliases (YourName@host.com) with the user database. Fixes several small bugs, including a potential security problem on some systems allowing local users to get the group permissions of other users, as well as a rare denial-of-service attack. It also fixes the "HUP to smtpd" root shell vulnerability in 8.8.2 described in CERT Advisory CA-96.24. According to CERT, NeXT's stock sendmail is affected by this bug and a fix won't be available until OPENSTEP 4.2. For more information, contact CERT at http://www.cert.org. To obtain a copy of my distribution: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.8.4.NIHS.bd.tar.gz To verify that you have a good copy of my distribution, execute the following command. Note that the first number is the 16-bit checksum which must match exactly and that the second number is the number of blocks and can vary. % sum sendmail-8.8.4.NIHS.bd.tar.gz 30510 1517 To unpack the distribution: % gnutar xvpzf sendmail-8.8.4.NIHS.bd.tar.gz NOTE: Use Terminal.app not Stuart.app since version 2.6.1 has a bug which will cause the unzip to fail. This will create a .pkg file. You need to be logged in as "root" to install the package. Documentation for sendmail 8.8 is in /etc/sendmail/doc. Configuration files are in /etc/sendmail/cf. You will need the GNU m4 compiler to create a .cf configuration file for use with this version of sendmail. It is available in the proglang subdirectory on next-ftp.peak.org's NeXT FTP archive. I recommend that you pick up a copy of the O'Reilly and Associates book on sendmail before using this version of sendmail. Furthermore, the installation and use of this software is entirely at your own risk. Read the README notice for more details. Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP / NEXTSTEP Consultant Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com -- Robert La Ferla Registered NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP Consultant HTI Boston, MA + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Carl Edman's mailapp-utilities, version 1.6 Date: 3 Dec 1996 20:15:33 GMT Organization: Warty Wolfs Message-ID: <5821p5$es5@news.digifix.com> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- This is an update of Carl Edman's mailapp-utilities. These are some command line tools useful in conjunction with Mail.app. `Nextmail' has a command line interface similar to UCB mail but instead of sending the letter it puts it in a Mail.app compose window. `Appnmail' appends messages to the end of Mail.app mailboxes while taking care to properly handle locks, NeXT mail and the table of contents. `Compactmail' compacts Mail.app mailboxes just like the Compact menu item does. In addition, there is also a small utility called `listmail' which lists Mail.app table_of_contents. Carl doesn't do NeXTstep anymore, unfortunately. So, when I found that appnmail under OPENSTEP 4.0 started delivering NeXT-mail to Neverwhere, I dived in and fixed it. While I was at it, I fixed some other buglets, and added some features. To summarize: * Make appnmail's NeXTmail handling work again with OPENSTEP 4.x. (appnmail-1.5 unconditionally invoked "/NextApps/Mail.app/safetar", which is missing in Mail.app 4.0.) As a result of this fix, appnmail now obeys Mail's hidden "TarCommand" and "UncompressCommand" defaults. If "TarCommand" is not set, "/NextApps/Mail.app/safetar" and "/usr/bin/gnutar" are tried, in that order. If "CompressCommand" is not set, "/usr/bin/gunzip" and "/usr/ucb/uncompress" are tried, in that order. * Minimize the risk of corrupting mailboxes in appnmail by moving the actual "append-to-mbox" beyond possible failure points. * MIME 8-bit quoted header translation by appnmail. For now, supported character sets are: iso-8859-1 and iso-8859-2. * Add -H (help) and -V (version) options to all utilities. * Bugfix in stale-lock detection: it was possible to steal a lock that is in use by a process owned by another user, if we have write access to the mailbox. * Make table-of-contents reading code more robust against corrupted TOCs. * Table-of-contents reading code now resides in its own source files, to facilitate its reuse by other utilities. Source code and a quad-fat binary are included. See the accompanying README file for more information. It can be found at: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/mailapp-utilities.1.6.NIHS.bs.tar.gz> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/mailapp-utilities.1.6.README> also for the next 4 weeks they are linked here: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/mailapp-utilities.1.6.NIHS.bs.tar.gz> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/mailapp-utilities.1.6.README> [It should turn up at ftp://peanuts.leo.org/ in a few days...] Please report any bugs or suggestions to <mailapp-utilities@basil.icce.rug.nl>. Enjoy! Tom Hageman. - -- __/__/__/__/ Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> [NeXTmail/Mime OK] __/ __/_/ IC Group <tom@icgned.nl> (work) __/__/__/ "Ed is the standard text editor" __/ _/_/ -- Unix Programmer's Manual -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: next iQCVAwUBMqMiXzHcGwCnCAFpAQH0ngP/SmN8+IkHd57DfebgFfRoHPo0N3JKq8KA BzOGLsrI/o04ufcZ9YptqE/3y3XJXZ9YVDEjiBNbUWZB9t/zJKb1K3Ko+cwhUKRm 1/uPrm+9ll+QH1HIBNn/oPGc4uEKittLJlcyTz9KxGN1uZDuoYnmy4xTpfjaQi8x NBGQyutcy54= =cwkW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: BongOk Kim (kornet) <ppai@soback.kornet.nm.kr> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: NEXTSTEP HanGul Guide Date: 5 Dec 1996 22:00:09 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <587gl9$3mj@news.digifix.com> SUBMISSION: NEXTSTEP HanGul Guide NEXTSTEP HanGul Guide Written By Korean: Check out the following folder. ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/documents/misc/ HanGul_NEXTSTEP_Guide_2.tar.gz: In this document, you'll learn how to build the NEXTSTEP3.3J. HanGul_NEXTSTEP_Guide_3.tar.gz: In this document, you'll learn how to make an account on the NEXTSTEP3.3 or OPENSTEP 4.1. HanGul_Pack_Install.tar.gz: This is Korean font pack install guide with NEXTSTEP 3.3J. To read these documents, You need to install the WritingDesk(It's mean FUDUKUE2) demo version on the NEXTSTEP 3.3J with Korean font pack. FUDUKUE2: http://www.cnds.canon.co.jp/Japanese_EUC/Products_NSAG3/Japanese/FUDUKUE2/FUDUKUE2.html ftp://ftp.cnds.canon.co.jp/pub/DemoApps/FUDUKUE2.tar.gz Thanks, YoungHoon Kil >From South Korea ppai@soback.kornet.nm.kr http://soback.kornet.nm.kr/~ppai (NEXTSTEP News Written By Korean)
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (6.12.96) Date: 6 Dec 1996 20:00:05 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <589u05$235@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 35449 Nov 27 17:54 Graphics/convertors/AnimGIF.N.bs.tar.gz 1020 Nov 27 17:39 Graphics/convertors/AnimGIF.README 45807 Nov 29 23:29 Usenet/news/1996/Ann-11.gz 37250 Nov 30 21:09 Usenet/news/1996/Bugs-11.gz 1841210 Dec 2 21:26 Tools/calendars/Chronographer.0.85.NIHS.b.tar.gz 7410 Dec 2 21:26 Tools/calendars/Chronographer.0.85.README 239159 Nov 30 22:23 Usenet/news/1996/Hard-11.gz 5060 Dec 4 15:18 Science/misc/Julian.1.1.README 639661 Nov 30 21:44 Usenet/news/1996/Misc-11.gz 149968 Nov 30 20:07 Usenet/news/1996/Prog-11.gz 1391558 Dec 3 17:52 Network/news/RadicalNews.0.8.9.NIHS.tar.gz 215515 Nov 27 13:15 Text/apps/Rosetta.2.2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 838 Nov 27 13:15 Text/apps/Rosetta.2.2.README 348595 Nov 30 22:30 Usenet/news/1996/Soft-11.gz 260635 Nov 30 23:07 Usenet/news/1996/Sys-11.gz 730185 Dec 2 21:32 Network/filetransfer/Yftp.0.91.NIHS.b.tar.gz 17078 Dec 2 21:32 Network/filetransfer/Yftp.0.91.README 2512 Nov 30 03:11 Network/programs/www/addrecord1.1.README 6685 Nov 30 03:12 Network/programs/www/addrecord1.1.s.tar.gz 157102 Nov 30 23:19 Usenet/news/1996/de.comp.sys.next-11.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 1995. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: hnalgae@soback.kornet.nm.kr (Kang Hyun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HNNews 0.91 Beta Date: 7 Dec 1996 04:45:22 GMT Organization: Hayan Nalgae Message-ID: <58asp2$efc@news.digifix.com> HNNews 0.91 beta released. * Introduction HNNews is powerful multi-tasking USENET newsreader. HNNews gives you ability of navigating news servers very easily. HNNews is commercial product. HNNews 0.91 Beta is FREE pre-release of HNNews. * HNNews's main feature - Multi Tasking - Graphical environment - Saving downloaded articles to database - Easy to use and fast to go - Powerful feature for expert of USENET - Online, Offline newsreader - Mime and UUDecode binary articles - Internal mail * Changes from 0.9 beta - Faster than ever. - Icons have bubble help. Gradient background, title-bar. - Posting window and preferences panel was improved. - ETC... You can download HNNews at following site. ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews.0.91.beta.NIHS.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews.0.91.beta.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews-K.0.91.beta.NIHS.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews-K.0.91.beta.NIHS.tar.gz or ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews.0.91.beta.NIHS.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews.0.91.beta.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews-K.0.91.beta.NIHS.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews-K.0.91.beta.NIHS.tar.gz HNNews-K version is for Korean, Japanese, and needs NeXTSTEP-J. If you have suggestion or find bugs, contact to Hayan Nalgae. --- Hayan Nalgae, NeXTSTEP Developer. hnalgae@soback.kornet.nm.kr <Kang Hyun> Hayan Nalgae in Korean means White Wing in English. NeXT, Mime mail OK.
From: info@optimal-object.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Optimal Object Training Schedule Date: 4 Dec 1996 23:11:20 GMT Organization: PSI Public Usenet Link Message-ID: <5850eo$ocl@news.digifix.com> Denver, Colorado 04 December 1996 Optimal Object is pleased to announce a new training schedule for OPENSTEP and NEO development tools. The courses offered are geared to provide your enterprise with the tools necessary to fully realize its potential. We have a state of the art training facility available here in Denver, Colorado where we are able to train on the latest technologies. Our instructors are drawn from experts in the industry. --- COURSE: Joe and NEO Workshop January 27 - 31, 1997 5 days, Mon. - Fri., 9am to 5pm This class is for software engineers and architects who want to learn how to build Java, or CORBA-based Internet or intranet applications using Joe and NEO. Joe and NEO were developed by Sun Mircosystems, Inc., and are powerful tools that make writing distributed applications easier. This class assumes some knowledge of Java and C++. and will cover the following- - Defining interfaces to software components using IDL. - Writing C++ and Java clients that use CORBA objects. - Using complex data structures in Java and C++. - Writing applets that receive callbacks from servers. - Performing distributed applet to applet communication. - Building CORBA objects that have persistent state. - Re-using other implementations effectively. - Using CORBA exceptions properly. - Describing NEO features for building debuggable, traceable, and reusable objects. - Describing NEO's implementation of the CORBAServices. Course fee: $ 2,200 per student. Full payment in advance to reserve a seat; major credit cards and checks are accepted. --- COURSE: Developing Applications with OpenStep February 17 -21, 1997 5 days, Mon. - Fri., 9am to 5pm OpenStep was jointly developed by SunSoft and NeXT Software, Inc.; it is based on NEXTSTEP, and builds object based applications. OpenStep is both a runtime environment and desktop operating environment, fully compatible with Sun's NEO products. The development environment, Workshop OpenStep, allows developers to quickly build object-oriented applications using prebuilt object components and graphical tools. This is an introductory class to OpenStep and will cover the following topics- - NEO overview - Object-Oriented Programming - The Objective-C Language - The OpenStep Developer Tools - Creating Basic OpenStep Applications - Actions and Outlets - Working with OpenStep Classes - The Foundation Class - The OpenStep Application Kit - Notification - Text Validation Lab - Application Architectures - Debugging Course fee: $ 2,400 per student. Full payment in advance to reserve a seat; major credit cards and checks are accepted. ---- -- Optimal Object, Inc.Optimal Object, Inc. is a reseller of Sun Soft and NeXT development tools, focusing on the OpenStep Application Environment and NEO distributed objects. Optimal Object, Inc. provides training and support for the the OPENSTEP market, including third party applications and hardware. Optimal Object Inc. 4685 Peoria St., Suite 221 Denver, CO 80239 800.452.7608 303.799.6223 303.799.1435 fax
From: "Glenda Maddox" <osg@onramp.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Developer Needed Date: 4 Dec 1996 23:08:02 GMT Organization: Object Systems Group Message-ID: <58508i$oci@news.digifix.com> DEVELOPER Object Systems Group is a OO technology-based consultancy that provides assistance to Global 1000 corporations. We offer you the opportunity to build robust infrastructures, develop good designs, and participate in state of the art implementations of large scale OO projects. Because OSG has a proven successful OO process and a reputation for excellence, we can keep you progressing in OO technology while you are making contractors wages. We currently have an opening for an Objective C Developer with a strong background in EOF. The individual will be developing new applications in associations with a substrate group. If you have a minimum of 2 years experience in NeXTSTEP or OpenStep, we want to talk to you. All work must be done on site. If you are interested in this or other OpenStep work, send your resume to osg@onramp.net , US mail your resume to Object Systems Group, Inc., Attn: Glenda Maddox, 3048 Infomart, 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Dallas, TX. 75207, or fax to 214 742-5847.
From: Piers Uso Walter <piers@ilink.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: ilink Announces New Pricing for mix Date: 10 Dec 1996 04:28:28 GMT Organization: ilink Kommunikationssysteme GmbH Message-ID: <58iotc$ctp@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: ilink GmbH Carsten Gericke Nollendorfstrasse 11-12 10777 Berlin - GERMANY Tel: +49 30 - 216 20 48 Fax: +49 30 - 215 82 74 info@ilink.de http://www.ilink.de mix - new year, new price December 9, 1996 - Berlin, Germany - ilink announces a substantial price reduction for its computer telephone integration product mix for NEXTSTEP. Effective today, these are the new prices: OLD PRICE NEW PRICE REDUCTION mix/Motorola DM 600,00 DM 450,00 25% mix/Intel DM 1450,00 DM 950,00 34% mix box/2 Upgrade DM 330,00 DM 150,00 54% Please add delivery charges and VAT (if applicable). The package mix/Motorola consists of the mix box/2, all cables, and all software, even the mix call plus pack (CTI business objects). The package mix/Intel additionally includes the i56 DSP board. The hardware upgrade from mix box/1 to mix box/2 gives you not only the design case, but also a much more robust hardware. Computer integrated telephone applications play an increasing role in distribution and service areas, they open up new profitable lines of business. mix for NEXTSTEP is an extensible CTI system that combines all telephone based communication in a flexible way. It forms the basis for many CTI applications. With its scalable hardware and software architecture, mix can be extended from a simple system for small offices all the way to complex information retrieval systems. Typical applications are voicemail, audiotext, fax-send and receive, support for dialing from database applications. mix can set up phone connections selected from an address book and works as a send and receive fax modem. In its most basic voice application, mix can be used as a simple answering machine with remote access. For business applications, the mix call plus pack extends the system to build voicemail and audiotext applications. i56 is based on the DSP 56001, which has been established as a standard under NEXTSTEP. The i56 DSP driver makes it possible for most NEXTSTEP DSP programs to run without modifications on NEXTSTEP PCs. Stanford University supports i56 as a MusicKit-compatible signal processor board. NOTE: i56 is shipped in a bundle with mix/Intel only. Additional information can be found on our Web-Server (http://www.ilink.de/TelephonyServices) or we will be happy to send them to you.
From: lynne@lighthouse.com (Lynne Fitzpatrick Angeloro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BUG in OpenWrite-Response from Lighthouse Design Date: 10 Dec 1996 04:20:38 GMT Organization: Best Internet Communications Message-ID: <58ioem$cto@news.digifix.com> Hi all, Well, here is the definitive on this issue: YES, we have just identified a bug in OpenWrite that can POTENTIALLY delete your home directory. We have finally been able to nail down a specific recipe for repeating this problem and it has just been fixed. We anticipate a new release available to all OpenWrite 2.x users will be available by the middle of next week-check our ftp site ftp://ftp.lighthouse.com some time after Wednesday. In the mean time, here is WHAT *NOT* TO DO: - Do NOT rename chapters after importing them into a book. Rename your file BEFORE importing into the book. Regards, Lynne. -- Lynne Fitzpatrick Angeloro Manager Education & Services Lighthouse Design, Ltd. a Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business 2929 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403-2534
From: "Kenneth R. Fleming" <ken@suite.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: OpenStep Developer IB/PB DO/PDO Skills Date: 11 Dec 1996 20:27:59 GMT Organization: SuiteSoftware Message-ID: <58n5gf$s7m@news.digifix.com> SuiteSoftware is looking for an OpenStep developer. Skills would include use of Interface Builde, Project Builder and DO/PDO. Additional knowledge of systems programming a plus. We are developing tools to manage, setup and control distributed CORBA and OpenStep objects. Reply by email or fax resume to (714)978-1840 SuiteSoftware is located in Anaheim, Ca.
From: info@blacksmith.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-VA-MD- OO Software Developers -- Objective-C/C++/Java/Smalltalk Date: 11 Dec 1996 21:05:36 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <58n7n0$shn@news.digifix.com> Openings for Object Oriented Software Developers! Hiring Immediately! New opportunities for OO Software Developers! Exciting new project with telecommunications company! We require people with all levels of experience! BLaCKSMITH, Inc., one of the fastest growing objectoriented companies in the Washington and Baltimore area, is immediately hiring software developers! We offer fantastic opportunities to work with object-oriented (Objective-C and Java) technologies in any of BLaCKSMITH's four divisions: Consulting, Web Services, Developer Training, and Commercial Products. BLaCKSMITH supports clients in the government, telecommunications, and financial industries in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas. We will be hiring candidates who want to join the team of talented developers who continue to make BLaCKSMITH a success in the object-oriented software development market. We offer competitive benefits and salaries! Every resume meeting minimum qualifications will be considered! Software Developer Minimum requirements: * 1 to 3 years professional development experience with an object-oriented based language [ie, C++/Objective-C/Smalltalk/Java] * Bachelor of Computer Science or equivalent work experience The following experience is a plus: * Object-oriented analysis and design * EOF * Java Programming * WebObjects * Telecommunications experience Senior Software Developer Minimum requirements: * 4+ years professional development experience with an object-oriented based language [ie, C++/Objective-C/Smalltalk/Java] * Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering, or related field * Object-oriented analysis and design experience * EOF experience * Technical leadership The following experience is a plus: * Java Programming * WebObjects * Telecommunications experience Successful candidates who join BLaCKSMITH will: * Have the opportunity to learn and be a part of a rewarding business environment * Work on high-profile object-oriented development projects, including Java-based projects * Work with a team of talented object-oriented software developers and provide valuable input and direction * Work with state-of-the-art object modeling and implementation techniques. * Work in a relaxed, casual atmosphere Founded in 1992, BLaCKSMITH, Inc. is dedicated to providing custom and commercial software solutions to customers who wish to capitalize on the advantages of object-oriented software. The company delivers its expertise through its four divisions: Commercial Products; Consulting Services; Developer Training and Web Services. BLaCKSMITH employees are considered to be the company's most valuable asset. Learn more about BLaCKSMITH by visiting its web site at http://www.blacksmith.com. Resumes are being accepted immediately. For more information contact: Denise Britti or Patricia Gutierrez 1651 Old Meadow Road Suite 325 McLean, VA 22102 (888) BLK-SMTH (703) 847-8180 (703) 847-5767 Fax Plain Text, NeXT Mail, or MIME: _info@blacksmith.com_ BLaCKSMITH is an equal opportunity employer.
From: info@blacksmith.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: US-VA-MD- OO Technical Managers Date: 11 Dec 1996 21:06:34 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <58n7oq$sho@news.digifix.com> Openings for Technical Managers! Hiring Immediately! New opportunities for Technical Managers! Exciting new project with telecommunications company! Lots of opportunities to expand career options for managers or senior developers! BLaCKSMITH, Inc., one of the fastest growing object-oriented companies in the Washington and Baltimore area, is in immediate need of talented technical managers! Also a fantastic opportunity for senior developers looking for a technical management career path! Opportunities available through BLaCKSMITH's four divisions: Consulting Services, Web Services, Developer Training, and Commercial Products. BLaCKSMITH supports clients in the government, telecommunications, and financial industries in the Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas. We will be hiring candidates who want to join the team of talented people who continue to make BLaCKSMITH a success in the object-oriented market. We offer competitive benefits and salaries! Every resume meeting minimum qualifications will be considered! Technical Manager Minimum requirements: * 5+ years professional object-oriented software development experience * Bachelor of Computer Science, Engineering, or related field * 2 years experience managing software developers/projects * Object-oriented analysis and design experience The following experience is a plus: * Java and/or WebObjects * Telecommunications experience * NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP and EOF experience Successful candidates who join BLaCKSMITH will: * Have the opportunity to learn and be a part of a rewarding business environment * Work on high-profile object-oriented development projects, including Java-based projects * Work with a team of talented object-oriented software developers and provide valuable input and direction * Work with state-of-the-art object modeling and implementation techniques. * Work in a relaxed, casual atmosphere Founded in 1992, BLaCKSMITH, Inc. is dedicated to providing custom and commercial software solutions to customers who wish to capitalize on the advantages of object-oriented software. The company delivers its expertise through its four divisions: Commercial Products; Consulting Services; Developer Training and Web Services. BLaCKSMITH employees are considered to be the company's most valuable asset. Learn more about BLaCKSMITH by visiting its web site at http://www.blacksmith.com. Resumes are being accepted immediately. For more information contact: Denise Britti or Patricia Gutierrez 1651 Old Meadow Road Suite 325 McLean, VA 22102 (888) BLK-SMTH (703) 847-8180 (703) 847-5767 Fax Plain Text, NeXT Mail, or MIME: info@blacksmith.com BLaCKSMITH is an equal opportunity employer.
From: john@targetdev.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Target Development Announces Release 4.2 of ReportPalette for OpenStep (EOF 2.0) and alpha release for Windows NT! Date: 11 Dec 1996 21:30:11 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <58n953$sko@news.digifix.com> News: For Immediate Release Contact: John Yanefski Target Development Phone: (717) 399.9550 Fax: (717) 399.9551 email: john@targetdev.com Target Development Announces Release 4.2 of ReportPalette for OpenStep (EOF 2.0) and alpha release for Windows NT! LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA - December 9, 1996. Target Development announces the 4.2 release of ReportPalette for OpenStep and the Enterprise Objects Framework (version 2.0). The ReportPalette is a collection of objects that allow you to easily add custom report writing features into your EOF applications. Unlike traditional report writers that directly access database tables, the ReportPalette reports on NSDictionary values from your Enterprise Objects. EODisplayGroups can be used to define the hierarchy of the report, and Interface Builder serves as the medium for page layout. Using the ReportPalette, keys of your EOs can be mapped directly to columns or free-form text fields on the report page. Images and formatted rich text with imbedded keys can also be added graphically. This WYSIWYG reporting tool is capable of reproducing custom forms, generating mailing labels and form letters, and producing on-the-fly hierarchical column-based and free-form reports. Other ReportPalette Features: + Custom Static and Dynamic Page Sequences; for report cover, insertion, and trailer pages + Custom page backgrounds; for page header and footer information + Automatic Page Layout control at runtime + Horizontal pagination + Multi-level group headers and footers, including totals + Column Headers and Footers, with totals + Support for Report Document Archiving and Unarchiving + Full support for the Foundation classes, including NSString, NSNumber, NSCalendarDate, NSData for RTF(D), and NSImage objects. + Fully documented API for programmatic customization The ReportPalette ships with several demo applications and NIBs, along with install scripts and EOModels for Sybase, Oracle, Informix, and QuickBase. The example NIBs can be loaded and run using IB's 'Test Interface' mode! That's how easy it is! Example NIBs include a column based report, form letters, mailing labels, a free-form report, and a custom healthcare form. A date licensed version of the palette is available via ftp or directly from Target Development. The product is licensed through January 10, 1997. The product includes the Interface Builder palette, the TDReportKit and TDSharedKit Frameworks, complete technical documentation, and various demo applications and NIBS. The palette retails for $895.00 per developer seat. No runtime fees apply. Educational, site, and source licenses are also available. The palette can be downloaded from our new Web site at: http://www.stepwise.com/Target_Development The archived version is compiled tri-Fat for Intel, Motorola, and Sparc. Thin versions may be requested by sending email to objects@targetdev.com. An alpha version of ReportPalette for Windows NT is also currently available. Interested persons should contact Target Development directly via email to request a copy. A full beta release for NT is expected by the end of December 1996. Target Development is a Pennsylvania-based object-oriented solutions company, specializing in database productivity objects for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. We are currently shipping object palettes for the DatabaseKit, AccessKit, and the EOF (versions 1.1, 1.2, and 2.0). We additionally offer NeXTSTEP and OpenStep consulting and training, and are available for onsight services. Interested persons should contact us by phone at (717) 399-9550, fax at (717) 399-9551, or email to objects@targetdev.com. DatabaseKit, EOF, Interface Builder, NEXTSTEP, and OpenStep are a trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc in the U.S. and other countries. AccessKit is a trademark of VNP Software, Inc. ReportPalette and RetrieverPalette are trademarks of Target Development.
From: nicole@next.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: NeXT SOFTWARE'S WEBOBJECTS LEADS THE MARKET WITH DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATIONS Date: 11 Dec 1996 22:14:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <58nbot$ssl@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nicole Overson NeXT Software, Inc. 415-780-3731 nicole@next.com David Thomas Niehaus Ryan Group, Inc. 415-827-7082 david@nrgpr.com NeXT SOFTWARE'S WEBOBJECTS LEADS THE MARKET WITH DYNAMIC WEB APPLICATIONS WebObjects Beats Competitors by Deploying a Magnitude of Business-Critical Web Applications Across a Range of Industries Internet World, New York City (booth #675)--December 11, 1996--NeXT Software, Inc. today revealed an extensive list of customers who have built business-critical web applications using WebObjects(TM) software in 1996. Spanning a variety of industries, the list indicates widespread adoption of WebObjects as the product of choice for rapidly building and deploying Internet, intranet and extranet web applications. NeXT has licensed WebObjects software to over 275 customers, more than 35 of which have already launched compelling applications on the Internet as well as those deployed on intranets, placing NeXT far ahead of its competition. From high-tech hardware to frozen fish, the diversity of these innovative applications demonstrates WebObjects' versatility in delivering web solutions. "1996 has been a banner year for WebObjects, which now stakes its claim as the leading choice for building and deploying creative, real-world web applications in today's enterprise," said Mitchell Mandich, vice president, worldwide sales and services at NeXT Software. "Since its launch in the first quarter of this year, WebObjects has delivered to companies ranging from Nissan Motor to CyberSlice. We expect this tremendous momentum to continue throughout 1997." Deployment Across the Globe Organizations worldwide have used WebObjects to gain competitive advantage by substantially reducing the time to market for web applications to meet disparate business objectives and customer needs. Selected companies who have deployed applications and have taken advantage of WebObjects' rapid development cycle include: Customer URL WebObjects Application --------------------------- -------------------------- ---------------------- Capital FM - London www.capitalfm.co.uk Multiple Applications Club Med Resorts www.clubmed.com Homepage CyberSlice www.cyberslice.com E-Commerce (Pizza) Dell Computer www.dell.com Catalog Gandalf www.gandalf.ca Extranet Registration Internet Frozen Fish Market www.fiton.is/iffm/ Virtual Fish Showroom Internet Property Registry www.propreg.com Real Estate Finder KN Energy www.kne.com Extranet Energy Market Nicholas Applegate www.nacm.com Homepage Nissan Motor Co. www.showroom.nissan.co.jp Nissan Virtual Showroom Sanborns Dept. Store www.sanborns.com.mx Catalog Seccion Amarilla www.seccionamarilla.com.mx Yellow Pages Subsurface Tools www.subsurface.com Drill Collar Finder The Sharper Image www.sharperimage.com Catalog CUSTOMER CASE PROFILES Among the many WebObjects applications deployed in 1996, three new sites exemplify the variety of business needs served by the power of WebObjects. The following new case profiles demonstrate the power of WebObjects to deliver rapid web deployment. Capital Radio -- The Media Transformation Capital Radio used WebObjects to become a global Internet superstation virtually overnight. Completed in just four months, Capital's application draws information from an Oracle database, leverages reusable business objects that combine business logic with persistent storage at run-time, and consolidates data such as band gossip, sports news, travel updates and live radio transmission on-the-fly into HTML. "Fueled by WebObjects, the 95.8 Capital FM web site represents not just an adjunct to our market-leading radio presence, but stands as a new media enterprise in its own right," said Douglas McAllum, head of new media at Capital Radio. Club Med -- Powering the "Global Village" Club Med's "Welcome Page" WebObjects application integrates all online information regarding Club Med's resort villages worldwide and builds web pages automatically based on live customer requests. The Welcome Page uses WebObjects to key promotional banners to the customer's prior selections to produce customized vacation packages. "Communication is the essence of Club Med," explains Jean Michel Landau, president at Club Med Sales, Inc. "WebObjects enabled us to integrate our global marketing strategy rapidly on the Web to better serve our customers." KN Energy -- Leveraging Legacy Data to Transform the Industry The KN Energy "Energy Market" site is an industry-leading extranet application. An extension of KN Energy's existing legacy data system, this gas transportation and information system generates the highest volume of the company's more than $1 billion annual revenue. The application decreases costs and time in distributing data on available pipeline capacity to KN Energy's energy services customers. "We are the first in our industry to develop an extranet system, and WebObjects allowed us to do it in just two months," said Dave Harris, senior analyst at KN Energy. "In fact, due to our efforts, the industry may require other federally regulated pipelines to change their bulletin board systems over to an extranet system like that of KN Energy." About WebObjects Based on proven technology, the WebObjects product line offers a cross-platform and language-independent environment for delivering interactive, scaleable, server-based web applications for both the Internet and the enterprise. WebObjects is designed to work with legacy data stored in mainframe applications and relational databases to enable corporations to expand the reach of their systems to the Web without having to rewrite data and applications. WebObjects features a graphical development environment for drag-and-drop database access and component reusability, full client-side interactivity (including java applets), dynamic run-time, enterprise object modeling and integrated project management. WebObjects also supports server-side java integration allowing developers to write WebObjects applications entirely in Java. NeXT Software, Inc. NeXT delivers an open development environment for building custom applications for both the World Wide Web and the Enterprise. NeXT's development software adds value to today's businesses by shortening the development cycle, working with an organization's existing technology, supporting current and emerging standards, and enabling organizations to grow and change with ease. Providing its customers with a combination of award-winning software and professional services, NeXT delivers real-world solutions. NeXT Software, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California and has offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo. For more information, please visit NeXT's web site at http://www.next.com or call 1-800-TRY-NeXT. ### Trademark Info: NeXT, the NeXT logo and WebObjects are trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.
From: lynne@lighthouse.com (Lynne Fitzpatrick Angeloro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New version of OpenWrite 2.1-8 is now available Date: 12 Dec 1996 04:41:57 GMT Organization: Best Internet Communications Message-ID: <58o2el$220@news.digifix.com> Hi all, The new version of OpenWrite 2.1-8 is now available from our ftp site: ftp://ftp.lighthouse.com/pub/products/OpenWrite/ This version fixes the "deleting home directory files" bug identified late last week. NOTE: OpenWrite is a LARGE app, and our site is going to be pretty busy for the next week or so, so be patient and try to download late at night if you are having trouble getting connected. Best Regards, Lynne Angeloro -- Lynne Fitzpatrick Angeloro Manager Education & Services Lighthouse Design, Ltd. a Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business 2929 Campus Drive San Mateo, CA 94403-2534
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (13.12.96) Date: 13 Dec 1996 20:00:04 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <58sck4$cil@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 81052 Dec 12 18:30 Graphics/apps/MyEyes.1.01.NIHS.b.tar.gz 776 Dec 10 09:14 Graphics/apps/MyEyes.1.01.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 1995. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.nl (Drs G. C. Th. Wierda) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Suck 3.3.1 beta for NeGeN-CNews Date: 13 Dec 1996 20:02:47 GMT Organization: Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid Message-ID: <58scp7$h43@news.digifix.com> Suck 3.3.1 beta for NeGeN-CNews Brought to you by R&A E-mail: Info@RnA.nl ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/CNews/Suck-3.3.1beta.NIHS.b.pkg.tar.README.rtf ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/CNews/Suck-3.3.1beta.NIHS.b.pkg.tar 0. Introduction What is Suck? Suck is a way to feed a local news server from another news server, without having server-server access. Suck uses client NNTP to download articles. Part of the package is rpost, which is the opposite. With rpost one can upload articles from a local server to a remote server for which one does not have server access (XMIT), but for which one does have client access. Suck and rpost together let you maintain a local newsserver, even when you only have client access to your newshost. This program has beta status because it has not been tested over a long period of time (I just started using it for production) and because not every part of the behaviour (especially error messages on signals) have been ported. Suck 3.3.1 has been written with POSIX termio I/O in mind, but we all know how about NeXT and POSIX, don't we? First it was unavailable, then it was available but seriously broken and then it was again unavailable. The package has been adapted for non-POSIX by Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl. I have to do some cleaning up and I want to have it out in the field for some time, before I release the final version including the patches necessary for compilation. So, I have labeled this beta software and I am open for suggestions, though bear in mind that I have very little time. Why suck? Isn't there already a program called slurp, which is part of the NeGeN/NiNe distribution? Well, yes, but slurp and suck work differently, giving both advantages and disadvantages: Slurp connects to the other server, and downloads articles which have been created since the last time slurp connected to that server. To do that correctly, slurp needs to know what time it is over at the other server. For this it needs a connection to the time service (TCP port 37) on the other server. Not all NNTP servers also offer time and if they do, time may be unavailable because of firewall setups outside your influence. One can use local time with slurp, but that makes the process less reliable because both clocks may drift apart. Suck, on the other hand, does not use time, but just the message-id's and the article numbers on the remote server. So, you don't need access to the time services on the NNTP server that you are connecting to. The slurp configuration is more straightforward and simple. Slurp also injects the article directly into CNews, whereas suck just produces the data which then has to be injected by rnews. Suck comes with rpost, making a complete leaf node local server possible. You can use rpost from this suck distribution with slurp, by the way. So, if you are not afraid of some configuration or if you have NNTP access to a server but not access to time, then suck is the way to go. In general, I think slurp is cleaner, because the way suck handles configuration and because the slurp status (article numbers received) does not imply that these articles have indeed been injected in the local news system, which means that you get inconsistent results if you don't make sure that the articles are indeed injected in your local news server. Also, slurp has a better command interface (i.e. with multiple feeds, and extensions, etc, thanks to Tom). Did you already guess what combination of thoughts produced the icon for this package? The first one to guess gets a drink (here in The Hague). 1. Installation Make sure you have the CNews distribution from NeGeN/NiNe installed. Unpack the file Suck-3.3.1beta.NIHS.b.pkg.tar, this produces the package Suck-3.3.1beta.NIHS.b.pkg. This package has been compressed with gzip_package, this has two consequences: a. When copying, create 'new links' when you encounter symbolic links b. When installing with Installer.app you will get a warning about programs being run. These programs are the scripts that turn the gzip_packaged package into a form that is understandable by Installer.app. Open de package Suck-3.3.1beta.NIHS.b.pkg as root. Choose install. 2. Configuration of suck Read the man page. Re-read the man page. Suck needs a configuration/status file that tells it what newsgroups to download (no wildcards as with slurp because this file also is a per group status file). This file also contains the status, that is, what the last article number was that suck downloaded. I give as an example my configuration, which consists of two feeds, news.domainA.com and news.domainB.com. Here are my two suck configuration/status files: /usr/local/lib/news/sucknewsrc.news.domainA.com: nl.announce 136 comp.sys.next.advocacy 27512 comp.sys.next.announce 2455 comp.sys.next.bugs 2632 comp.sys.next.hardware 16200 comp.sys.next.marketplace 9241 comp.sys.next.misc 11886 comp.sys.next.programmer 12340 comp.sys.next.software 16352 comp.sys.next.sysadmin 14331 alt.security.pgp 1780 /usr/local/lib/news/sucknewsrc.news.domainB.com: domainB.subjA 35 domainB.test 86 Explanation: domainA.com is my major news feed. In the configuration/status file I have written all newsgroups I want to download from there. Suck has written the article numbers of each group that were downloaded last time. domainB.com is a server where they have local groups domainB.subA and domainB.test. I mirror these groups locally. When you put a news newsgroup in this file or when you create this file for the first time, put -1 for the number. Read the man page for details. You can add a second number per line. This number is the maximum number of articles suck will download. Running suck I have the following lines in /etc/crontab.local: 29 8 * * * news rm -f /tmp/news.domainA.com.batch ; /usr/local/lib/newsbin/nntp/suck news.domainA.com -S /usr/spool/news/suck.domainA.log -E /usr/spool/news/suck.domainA.err -dd /usr/local/lib/news -p .news.domainA.com -dm /usr/spool/news/in.coming -br /tmp/news.domainA.com.batch -c ; cat /tmp/news.domainA.com.batch | /usr/local/lib/newsbin/input/rnews 29 8 * * * news rm -f /tmp/news.domainB.com.batch ; /usr/local/lib/newsbin/nntp/suck news.domainB.com -S /usr/spool/news/suck.domainB.log -E /usr/spool/news/suck.domainB.err -dd /usr/local/lib/news -p .news.domainB.com -dm /usr/spool/news/in.coming -br /tmp/news.domainB.com.batch -c ; cat /tmp/news.domainB.com.batch | /usr/local/lib/newsbin/input/rnews Explanation: At 8:29 each morning I remove possible remaining news batches from previous calls (suck appends to these if they exist). and call suck with the following arguments: news.domainA.com (the host to call) -S /usr/spool/news/suck.domainA.log (where to log progress) -E /usr/spool/news/suck.domainA.err (where to log errors) -dd /usr/local/lib/news (where to look for config/status files) -p .news.domainA.com (what to use for extension of the files) -dm /usr/spool/news/in.coming (see man page :-) -br /tmp/news.domainA.com.batch (where to write the batch in CNews format) -c (after completion, update configuration/status file) After completion of suck, I dump the batch file into rnews. When at some later time newsrun has run, the articles will show up in my local database. Until then, another call to suck will not reget the articles in this case as we have updated the status with -c. If you don't run newsrun between two calls to suck/rnews and you don't use -c, the same articles will be downloaded every time. And of course something comparable for domainB.com. I could have omitted rnews and the batch file, by using the -dm flag and the -m flag for suck and write the articles one-article-per-file directly in in.coming. That has the advantage of omitting all the batch file stuff (rnews only puts it in in.coming anyway), but I am not sure about news locking and what would happen if newsrun would start running while suck would be writing files in in.coming. 3. Warning about the entries in the CNews 'sys' file Note that the entries in your sysfile should reflect the name that the other news server puts in the Path: header. Sometimes servers called news.domain.com put a different name in there Path: header (like domain.com). If you download with suck and inject these articles with rnews, the local Cnews system does not know that domain.com stands for news.domain.com and it will happily try to upload the articles back to the server you got them from in the first place. Here is an example: # Only the ME line is mandatory; the others are just samples of how to do # things. Virtually everything will need modifying for your local feeds # and newsgroups. # Line indicating what we are willing to receive. ME:all,!Alt,!ann,!atl,!aus,!ausom,!ba,!balt,!bionet,!biz,!can,!clari,!ddn,!de,!demon,!dig ischool,!euro,!europen,!fido,!fj,!fr,!gay-net,!hacktic,!hiv,!humanities,!ia,!ie,!ieee,!it ,!jobs,!kw,!linux,!maus,!msn,!ncar,!ne,!nj,!no,!ny,!nyc,!nz,!ont,!pa,!phl,!relcom,!sco,!s ub,!tamu,!to,!tor,!trial,!tw,!u3b,!uk,!us,!vmsnet,!vpro,!wcw,!xs4all,!zer # Primary newsfeed: (out through UUCP, in through SUCK) domainA.com:all,!domainB,!general,!junk/all,!local::/usr/local/bin/uux - -z -r domainA!rnews # domanB news server: (out through RPOST, in through SUCK) somehost.domainB.com:domainB/all,!local::sed '1,/^$/{;/^Xref/d;}' | /usr/local/lib/newsbin/nntp/rpost news.domainB.com -S /dev/null -E /usr/spool/news/rpost.domainB.err Some special attention: you can see that news.domainA.com puts just 'domainA.com' in its Path: header. And you can see that news.domainB.com puts 'somehost.domainB.com' in its header. If I did not use the right entries in the sys file (domainA.com and somehost.domainB.com) the articles would have been copied back to the server I got them from. For details on rpost, see below. 4. Configuration of CNews for posting news with rpost Above in the sys file example, you can see how I use rpost for posting to news.domainB.com. Any article for that server (actually, only the articles for the domainB.* groups) is sent by rpost. But first it is filtered through sed. Because our local news server has created an Xref header, and the news server at the other side does not accept articles from client that have Xref headers set. So, we remove this header before dumping the article into the rpost program. Thanks Tom Hageman for the sed script. 5. The testhost program Read the man page. -- Gerben Wierda, Stafmedewerker Adviesraad voor het Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid. Staff member Advisory Council for Science and Technology Policy Javastraat 42, 2585 AP, 's-Gravenhage, The Hague, The Netherlands Tel (+31) 70 3639922 Fax (+31) 70 3608992 http://www.AWT.nl/ "One foolish wise man can state more than a thousand wise fools can question." "Doubters need to understand believes. Believers need not understand doubt."
From: Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: Carl Edman's mailapp-utilities, version 1.7 Date: 15 Dec 1996 04:45:12 GMT Organization: Warty Wolfs Message-ID: <58vvoo$sdc@news.digifix.com> This is yet another update of Carl Edman's mailapp-utilities. These are some command line tools useful in conjunction with Mail.app. `Nextmail' has a command line interface similar to UCB mail but instead of sending the letter it puts it in a Mail.app compose window. `Appnmail' appends messages to the end of Mail.app mailboxes while taking care to properly handle locks, NeXT mail and the table of contents. `Compactmail' compacts Mail.app mailboxes just like the Compact menu item does. In addition, there is also a small utility called `listmail' which lists Mail.app table_of_contents. Well, what can I say... I failed to detect and fix this bug before the1.6 update last week. Since it's a rather serious one, this warrants another release. To summarize: * _Serious_ appnmail bug fixed: it used to write a corrupt table of contents upon mailbox creation. * Appnmail tries very hard to deliver its message anyway, even if the mailbox's table of contents is corrupt or otherwise cannot be updated. Source code and a quad-fat binary are included. See the accompanying README file for more information. It can be found at: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/mailapp-utilities.1.7.NIHS.bs.tar.gz> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/mailapp-utilities.1.7.README> also for the next 4 weeks they are linked here: <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/mailapp-utilities.1.7.NIHS.bs.tar.gz> <ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/mailapp-utilities.1.7.README> [It should turn up at ftp://peanuts.leo.org/ in a few days...] Please report any bugs or suggestions to <mailapp-utilities@basil.icce.rug.nl>. Enjoy! Tom Hageman. -- __/__/__/__/ Tom Hageman <tom@basil.icce.rug.nl> [NeXTmail/Mime OK] __/ __/_/ IC Group <tom@icgned.nl> (work) __/__/__/ "Ed is the standard text editor" __/ _/_/ -- Unix Programmer's Manual
From: "Drs G. C. Th. Wierda" <G.C.Th.Wierda@AWT.nl> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: RE-SUBMISSION: Suck 3.3.1b for NeGeN CNews Date: 15 Dec 1996 04:45:06 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <58vvoi$sd7@news.digifix.com> Reposted because of a small error in the previous submission and the helpfile. Suck 3.3.1 beta for NeGeN-CNews Brought to you by R&A Email: Info@RnA.nla ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/CNews/Suck-3.3.1beta.NIHS.b.pkg.tar.README.rtf ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next/CNews/Suck-3.3.1beta.NIHS.b.pkg.tar 0. Introduction What is Suck? Suck is a way to feed a local news server from another news server, without having server-server access. Suck uses client NNTP to download articles. Part of the package is rpost, which is the opposite. With rpost one can upload articles from a local server to a remote server for which one does not have server access (XMIT), but for which one does have client access. Suck and rpost together let you maintain a local newsserver, even when you only have client access to your newshost.
From: "Brian K. Smith" <bsmith@advergence.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB:WebObject Project Date: 16 Dec 1996 21:37:37 GMT Organization: AdVergence, Inc. Message-ID: <594ff1$dna@news.digifix.com> AdVergence is developing an application which will unite the cable television and advertising agency communities via the WWW. This dynamic and cutting edge application will be integrated with a national digital video distribution network also being developed by AdVergence. The WWW application uses WebObjects Enterprise 3.0 on Windows NT as its core development environment and the distribution network uses ISDN, T1 and satellite for its distribution paths. AdVergence is looking for programmers with 2 years experience in object oriented, database, and Internet programming. Experience in NeXTStep/OpenStep and EOF programming is desired. Applicants must also be willing to program in a variety of languages including VC++, Java, and Objective-C. As a programmer, you will be required to keep in step with leading edge technologies as they become marketable. You must also be a fast learner and a self starter. If you enjoy working in a fast paced but casual environment, and are willing to move to Boulder Colorado, please email your resume to narp@advergence.com.
From: "Donald A. Yacktman" <don@misckit.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: MiscKit 1.9.0 Date: 18 Dec 1996 21:27:20 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <599njo$73@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Don Yacktman (801)221-0344 don@misckit.com ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF THE MISCKIT VERSION 1.9.0 Update to Kit of Free Objective-C Objects Is Now Available PROVO, UT, Dec. 18, 1996 -- A new release of the MiscKit has been made publically available. It contains many new objects and fixes all problems reported since the previous release. The MiscKit may be obtained via ftp to any of the following site: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/sources/classes/MiscKit1.9.0.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.thoughtport.com/pub/next/misckit/MiscKit1.9.0.s.gnutar.gz ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/pub/comp/platforms/next/Developer/objc/misckit/MiscKit1.9.0.s.gnutar.gz There will not be a binary release accompanying this release. The next binary release will occur with the first MiscKit release of 1997, expected early 1Q, 1997. There is a binary of version 1.8.1 available; most of the changes with this release won't affect the binary (Makefiles, items in the Temp area, etc.). The thoughtport.com site always has the most recent official MiscKit distribution available in /pub/next/misckit with all previous versions archived in /pub/next/misckit/old. The MiscKit is an easy to install kit consisting of Objective-C objects, Interface Builder palettes, bundles, and other useful programming resources. All the resources in the MiscKit have been donated by various Internet personalities for the benefit of other NEXTSTEP programmers. Objects include data structures (string, tree, stack, queue, priority queue, linked list), interface widgets (find panel, textfield, button and slider subclasses, clock and calendar views, icon wells, progress pie/bar), macros, other useful objects (lock file, log file, time, stopwatch, serial port, colors, subprocess, remote subprocess, file), frameworks for building complex interfaces (MiscMergeKit, MiscInspectorKit, InfoMenuKit) and even some useful example applications...plus much more! To make the MiscKit more attractive to developers, use of the MiscKit resources is absolutely free of charge, no matter how the resources are used. Redistribution of the MiscKit is also encouraged. Many developers are reluctant to use objects which are under the GNU "Copyleft". As a result, the MiscKit has its own license which allows developers to reuse the code freely, even in commercial projects. Everything possible has been done to encourage the use of the MiscKit to speed development efforts. Any developer who has generally useful objects, palettes, or other programming resources and would like to donate them to the MiscKit effort is welcome to do so. Contact Don Yacktman at don@misckit.com for information on how to prepare a MiscKit submission. By making a submission to the MiscKit, a developer can avoid the hassles of packaging up a formal distribution of their resources and in turn help add to a growing centralized pool of useful resources. The misckit mailing lists are temporarily out of order and we hope to have them up and working at a new site soon. Until then, inquiries and subscription requests should be made to don@misckit.com. If you request a subscription, be sure to specify whether you wish to be part of the development discussion or only receive MiscKit-based press releases. When the mailing lists are once again up and running, a press release will be sent out to and let everyone know about the changes in addresses and any other important details. Please note that the creation of the "misckit.com" domain does NOT mean that the MiscKit is "going commercial" in any way--it will always be free and open as it has been in the past. Nothing has changed and NO special significance should be read into the use of ".com" instead of ".org". The MiscKit has evolved from the DAYMiscKit and several objects released over the past few years by Don Yacktman and other USENET personalities. Don Yacktman Don Yacktman is an alumnus of Brigham Young University, with a Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He acts as the MiscKit administrator in his spare time between various NEXTSTEP and Unix consulting projects. # # # # All trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners. The MiscKit is in no way affiliated with Brigham Young University. Changes since version 1.8.0: V1.8.1 11/01/96 Maintenance and update release: Added MiscTreeBrowser, MiscPopUpButton, MiscSplitBrowser. Added TilingButton, DefaultController, FormField, FindMenuPalette, and HTMLText to Temp area. Fixes and enhancements to list-misc script, MiscClassDecoder, MiscTime, MiscDragViews, cnvwrap, and MiscSplitView V1.9.0 12/18/96 Maintenance and update release: Bug fixes to ease kit build process made to top level Makefile, MiscTreeBrowserTest example, IconTester example, ListView palette, New cc3 example (compile 3.x apps under 4.x!). Enhancements and bug fixes to MiscStringCompat.c, MiscTime.h, MiscAppDefaults.m, Browser.Dragging.m, FindMenu palette, HTMLText, MiscTreeBrowser, MiscTree, and Authors.rtf. New icons for MiscDragViews, MiscSplitBrowser, MiscCoolButtons, and FormField palettes. Addition of MiscBrowserZoo example. [ More details about the bug fixes and additions can be found in the MiscKit's History.rtf file or on the web site, http://www.misckit.com/index.html ]
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (20.12.96) Date: 20 Dec 1996 20:00:05 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <59er85$15g@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 480361 Dec 17 23:33 Tools/screen/backspace/EarthView.1.0.NIHS.b.tar.gz 518 Dec 17 23:33 Tools/screen/backspace/EarthView.1.0.README 81052 Dec 12 18:30 Graphics/apps/MyEyes.1.01.NIHS.b.tar.gz 776 Dec 10 09:14 Graphics/apps/MyEyes.1.01.README 576141 Dec 18 10:40 Text/apps/PDFViewer.1.09beta.NIHS.b.tar.gz 3605 Dec 18 10:41 Text/apps/PDFViewer.README 524698 Dec 17 23:30 Tools/printer/pConnector.2.6.NIHS.b.tar.gz 3078 Dec 17 23:30 Tools/printer/pConnector.README Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 1995. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: nicole@next.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Apple Computer, Inc. Agrees to Acquire NeXT Software Inc. Date: 21 Dec 1996 05:29:37 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <59fsk1$l94@news.digifix.com> Apple Computer, Inc. Agrees to Acquire NeXT Software Inc. December 20, 1996, 10:08 PM EST Acquisition Confirms New Open Apple; Steve Jobs Returns to Apple; Complementary Technology Offers New Opportunities for Apple in Enterprise, Internet, and Software Markets CUPERTINO, Calif., Dec. 20 -- Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today announced its intention to purchase NeXT Software Inc., in a friendly acquisition for $400 million. Pending regulatory approvals, all NeXT products, services, and technology research will become part of Apple Computer, Inc. As part of the agreement, Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Software, will return to Apple -- the company he co-founded in 1976 -- reporting to Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Apple's Chairman and CEO. The acquisition will bring together Apple's and NeXT's innovative and complementary technology portfolios and significantly strengthens Apple's position as a company advancing industry standards. Apple's leadership in ease-of-use and multimedia solutions will be married to NeXT's strengths in development software and operating environments for both the enterprise and Internet markets. NeXT's object oriented software development products will contribute to Apple's goal of creating a differentiated and profitable software business, with a wide range of products for enterprise, business, education, and home markets. Using NeXT technology to embrace open industry standards Apple Computer, Inc. believes the acquisition will allow the Company to further develop industry alliances as the Internet/intranet market evolves. Apple anticipates that NeXT expertise in next-generation operating system design will allow elements of the NEXTSTEP operating system to become integral features of Mac OS -- providing developers a compelling OS foundation on which to build next generation software solutions. "The acquisition of NeXT is the start of a new chapter in Apple's history and represents a milestone in our transformation as a corporation," said Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Chairman and CEO, Apple Computer Inc. "Today Apple welcomed back its most talented visionary -- Steve Jobs, someone who can inspire a new generation of customers and software developers and show that Apple remains the industry home for innovation and excitement. Today Apple returns, as an open player to the mainstream and the heart of this industry, where our technology can once more set standards for innovation and excellence." "Much of the industry has lived off the Macintosh for over ten years now, slowly copying the Mac's revolutionary user interface," said Steven P. Jobs. "Now the time has come for new innovation, and where better than Apple for this to spring from? Who else has consistently led this industry -- first with the Apple II, then the Macintosh and LaserWriter? With this merger, the advanced software from NeXT will be married with Apple's very high-volume hardware platforms and marketing channels to create another breakthrough, leapfrogging existing platforms, and fueling Apple and the industry copy cats for the next ten years and beyond. I still have very deep feelings for Apple, and it gives me great joy to play a role in architecting Apple's future." Acquisition Confirms New Open Apple The acquisition of NeXT is further evidence that Apple is fundamentally changing the way it does business. Embracing outside technology and driving cross-platform industry standards, Apple believes it can innovate in the key areas that give its products and technology differentiation. NeXT's cross-platform development environments for enterprise and Internet/intranet markets, allow developers to write once and deploy across a range of Internet and client-server platforms. In a new era of industry collaboration and joint initiatives -- brought on by the "megatrends" of pervasive Internet and ubiquitous multimedia -- NeXT technology complements Apple's strength in multimedia authoring and playback, as well as Internet access, Internet authoring, and Internet server solutions. In the last year Apple has worked on a series of collaboration initiatives which leverage the Company's core strengths in Internet, multimedia, and component software. Wide ranging agreements with Netscape Communications, Sun Microsystems, and Silicon Graphics Computer Systems -- along with the acquisition of NeXT -- confirm Apple is building strategic relationships at the forefront of the information industry. Developer Support Software developers believe that the integration of NEXTSTEP technology in future versions of Mac OS will result in a robust, next-generation OS that provides developers with a multimedia-rich and Internet-savvy platform. "This partnership is the best possible fit. Both companies support strong, open industry standards. Combined with their rich media focus and a command of the Internet, these strengths will play well into Adobe's core markets," says John Warnock, Chairman and CEO, Adobe Systems, Inc. "NeXT's advanced operating system design, when combined with Apple's leadership in ease-of-use and multimedia, will provide Adobe and other developers with a robust, compelling platform on which to build great next-generation software solutions." Apple expects to be able to show substantial developer and industry endorsements for Apple's new Mac OS system software strategy at MacWorld San Francisco in January 1997. Apple Computer, Inc. believes the acquisition will provide a series of benefits for customers, software developers, Apple Computer, NeXT, and the information technology industry. They include the following: Enterprise Offering Enhanced The combination of Apple technology, NeXT object oriented software development products, and the "megatrend" of corporate-wide intranets, gives Apple the opportunity to reinvigorate its offering to enterprise markets. NeXT's OPENSTEP Enterprise and WebObjects development environments allow enterprise customers to develop software solutions quickly and deploy reusable applications on either traditional client-server or Internet/intranet based networks. These powerful tools allow new applications to access legacy data and applications, a key concern for enterprise customers in the late 1990s. Customers currently using this technology range from companies such as WebCrawler, Trilobyte and ID to large organizations including Fannie Mae, Merrill Lynch, NASA, NTT, and AT&T Wireless. In addition, NeXT's Sales and Professional Services team offers worldwide programs to facilitate the knowledge transfer required to quickly take advantage of OPENSTEP Enterprise's unique capabilities. Apple envisages this team will become a valued part of the Apple enterprise offering moving forward. Internet/intranet Position Strengthened A key strategic advantage of NeXT technology is its powerful Internet/intranet software development environment -- WebObjects. Today, Apple technology and customers are playing a pivotal role in the evolution of the Internet -- from easy to use powerful solutions in Internet access, Internet authoring and Internet servers, to technologies such as QuickTime Media Layer (QTML) and HotSauce/MCF that set new standards in Internet multimedia and knowledge management. Combining these Apple strengths with WebObjects' unique capabilities to access legacy data and applications will provide Apple with a strong offering for companies reengineering their businesses to take advantage of the Internet. Customers currently using WebObjects technology include The Sharper Image, Ford, Nissan, Lufthansa, and Bell South. Again, Apple foresees NeXT's Sales and Professional Services team continuing to offer programs to companies who are implementing corporate-wide business reengineering based upon a new Internet/intranet infrastructure. In addition, the momentum of Java, Sun Microsystems' platform-independent programming language, has led Apple to conclude that by implementing a Java architecture across its platforms and development tools portfolio, Apple systems will be at the forefront of Internet/Internet design -- an area of enormous potential growth through the millennium. WebObjects' Java-enabled object oriented model complements Apple ComputerOs commitment to Java, which includes Mac OS Runtime for Java (currently in beta) and the integration of JavaBeans and OpenDoc component technology. Apple Computer, Inc. believes the acquisition of NeXT will give the Company the opportunity to become a preeminent development and deployment platform for Java technology. Acquisition Kick-Starts Apple Software Business The acquisition of NeXT's development products for enterprise and Internet markets will allow Apple to supplement its growing list of software products with a ready-made portfolio of powerful customer-focused software solutions. Apple is committed to increasing the revenue it makes from its software products and the acquisition of NeXT is a significant development in building a differentiated, sustainable and profitable software business. Apple already has a number of software products -- from QuickTime to HotSauce/MCF, which are driving industry standards in multimedia and Internet markets -- to customer applications and tools such as Apple Internet Connection Kit (AICK), Apple Media Tool, Language Kits, and communications software. Delivery of Next Generation Mac OS Apple's exhaustive research in operating system design, led the company to conclude that NEXTSTEP's maturity, networking, customer and developer acceptance, multi-tasking, protected memory, and scalability from portable to server-level products make it the clear choice for integration into the next major revision of Mac OS. Apple believes that the integration of NEXTSTEP technology in future versions of Mac OS will result in a robust, next generation OS that provides customers and developers with a multimedia-rich and Internet-savvy platform. Apple Chairman and CEO Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Chief Technology Officer Ellen Hancock, and Steve Jobs will announce details of how Apple will incorporate NeXT technology into future releases of Mac OS at MacWorld San Francisco in January. Acquisition Brings New Talent to Apple The acquisition of NeXT will result in new management talent joining Apple Computer, Inc. Avie Tevanian, formally NeXT's Vice President of Engineering, will join Apple to lead the Company's next generation OS development efforts, reporting to Ellen Hancock, Apple's executive vice president of R&D, and Chief Technology Officer. Mitch Mandich, formally NeXT's vice president of Worldwide Sales and Services, will also join Apple, reporting to Marco Landi, Apple's executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer. Dominique Trempont, NeXT's Chief Financial Officer will also be joining Apple's executive team. As a complement to this initiative, Apple Computer, Inc. also announces that Rick LeFaivre has returned to the company as head of the newly formed Apple Technology Group. This group will house Apple's research laboratories, human interface technologies, and advanced systems architecture, offering support for hardware and software integration. Rick LeFaivre will report to Ellen Hancock in this new role. (See separate press release). Apple Computer, Inc., a recognized innovator in the information industry and leader in multimedia technologies, creates powerful solutions based on easy-to-use personal computers, servers, peripherals, software, personal digital assistants and Internet content. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple develops, manufactures, licenses and markets solutions, products, technologies and services for business, education, consumer, entertainment, scientific and engineering and government customers in more than 140 countries. Katie Cotton Russell Brady Apple Computer, Inc. Apple Computer, Inc. (408) 974-7269 (415) 493-0244 email: katiec@apple.com email: brady2@apple.com Nicole Overson NeXT Software Inc. (415) 780-3731 email:nicole@next.com
From: Kristopher Jon Magnusson <kris@planetary.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: After Apple and NeXT Merger, Salt Lake area NeXT Group to Reorganize Date: 22 Dec 1996 04:21:12 GMT Organization: The Planetary Network Message-ID: <59icvo$fo@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release Kristopher Magnusson President, Salt Lake area NeXT Group +1 801 355 1360 kris@planetary.net After Apple and NeXT Merger, Salt Lake area NeXT Group to Reorganize 21 December 1996, Salt Lake City--After three years in dormancy, and due to the dramatic merger of Apple and NeXT, the former president of the Salt Lake area NeXT Group (SLaNG) is reorganizing the group with a new charter--to help Apple Macintosh users make the transition to the world of NextStep. "With the explosion of interest that the merger of Apple and NeXT has caused, I?m excited to reorganize the Salt Lake area NeXT Group," said former president Kristopher Magnusson. "NextStep will certainly revolutionize the way people use the Macintosh, as well as forever alter the path of the computer industry. I?m happy that I can help teach the features and benefits of NextStep to a new generation of Macintosh users and developers." The Salt Lake area NeXT Group will concentrate on educating the Salt Lake City public about the ramifications of the merger, how Macintosh and NextStep applications will coexist, and how the lives of Macintosh and NextStep users will be enriched by the merger of Apple and NeXT. Yesterday, Apple acquired NeXT Software for $400 million, after Apple CEO Gil Amelio decided to look outside his company for a new operating system to replace the aging MacOS. When Amelio investigated the merits of licensing NextStep from NeXT, the company founded by Apple expatriate Steve Jobs, he decided that NeXT complemented Apple in its strengths and weaknesses. Apple would be strengthened by NeXT?s Internet and system software, platform-independent development tools, and education channel. In turn, NeXT would be strengthened by Apple?s distribution channel. Jobs will report directly to Amelio in the role of consultant. The merged companies are expected to release a product in 1997. Kristopher Magnusson lives in Salt Lake City and is the documentation lead for the Java software development team at Novell. He is the former president of the Salt Lake area NeXT Group, and was the marketing force for NeXT products at Alpine Computing. -30- es into the CodeWarrior development environment." said Steve Jobs, Founder, Apple Computer, Inc., and Next Software. "This will enable Mac OS developers using C, C++, Pascal, and Object Pascal to easily transition their applications to the next generation of the Mac OS." "Metrowerks is a valued partner of Apple Computer and CodeWarrior was instrumental in our successful transition from 68K to PowerPC." said Ellen Hancock, Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer of Apple Computer. "We are working closely with Metrowerks to ensure a cohesive set of software development tools that span from MacOS 7.x to Apple's Next generation OS. One of Apple's highest priorities in the deployment of our Next generation OS is that CodeWarrior users can move their applications as quickly and efficiently as possible. We're pleased that Metrowerks will provide these new tools as part of their regular CodeWarrior subscription." About Metrowerks Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports a complete line of computer language products for building Mac OS, Windows 95, Windows NT, Magic Cap, BeOS, PalmOS, PlayStation OS and PowerTV applications. Metrowerks CodeWarrior products have become the industry standard for professional Mac-hosted software development with more than 50,000 registered users in 70 countries. Additional information on Metrowerks and its products can be obtained in the U.S. by sending Email to info@metrowerks.com, by calling (800) 377-5416, or via the Internet at http://www.metrowerks.com. ### Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks Inc. Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Mac is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows, Windows NT and Windows 95 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. All other companies and products may be trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby recognized. Statements in this press release regarding future versions of CodeWarrior are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including successful and timely development of future versions of CodeWarrior and customer acceptance of the product. Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Media Relations Metrowerks Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com Jim Welch Chief Financial Officer Metrowerks Inc. 512.87.4777 welch@metrowerks.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Date: 23 Dec 1996 00:02:50 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <587851299369@digifix.com> From: paul@griffin.plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: P & L Systems Announce Mesa 2.0 for NEXTSTEP Date: 23 Dec 1996 19:01:30 GMT Organization: P & L Systems, Ltd. Message-ID: <59mkua$e5i@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For product information, contact: Elizabeth Lynch +44 1494 432422 liz@plsys.co.uk URL: http://www.plsys.co.uk/ P & L SYSTEMS ANNOUNCE MESA 2.0 FOR NeXTSTEP DECEMBER 23rd, 1996 -- AMERSHAM, UK -- P & L Systems today announced a new release of Mesa for NeXTSTEP, the leading spreadsheet for the NeXTSTEP object-oriented environment. Mesa is a highly functional and fast traditional spreadsheet for NeXTSTEP with 1-2-3 and Excel interoperability, and provides a powerful API used by many of its extensive customer base. Mesa 2.0 is a substantial redesign of Mesa, aimed at optimising the user interface while still extending functionality. "When we acquired Mesa from Athena Design we intended to rework the UI," said Paul Lynch, Managing Director of P & L Systems. "I think users will be pleased with the results. This is the first step in our enhancement plans. In 1997 we intend to upgrade Mesa for NeXTSTEP to support workbooks, and to release Mesa for OpenStep. We are also evaluating other ports." "Mesa 2 is far more intuitive to use than Mesa 1.5B" said Matt Ware, alpha tester. "I've always been impressed by the speed and functionality of Mesa, and now it's a pleasure to use as well. I particularly like the new ToolBox with the customizable tabs, and the new SplitView worksheet. It's also great to be able to include the company logo in our Report headers - everything looks so much more polished. I'm very pleased with the significant improvements P & L have made." The first beta of Mesa 2 is available immediately from P & L Systems in ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa/Mesa2.tar.gz. All purchasers of Mesa from 1 November 1996 onwards will receive a free upgrade to Mesa 2.0. From January 1, 1997, the price for commercial users will be $375. The price for academic users continues at $99. Any existing user of Mesa may upgrade to Mesa 2.0 for NeXTSTEP for $50 per license. P & L Systems provides customer service and upgrades for all customers. Customers can request support by sending email to mesa@plsys.co.uk, fax to +44 1494 432478, or phoning +44 1494 432422. Mesa will continue to be available from your favourite NeXTSTEP reseller, or directly from P & L Systems. Mesa for NeXTSTEP is a traditional spreadsheet that is a powerful tool for analysing your data. Mesa, the best-selling NeXTSTEP spreadsheet, won the 1993 NeXTWORLD Magazine "Best-of-Breed" award for financial modelling. Quad-fat, Mesa runs on NEXTSTEP for Motorola, Intel, HP-PA RISC and SPARC architectures. It also qualifies for a prize as a NeXTSTEP survivor. Mesa 2.0 has the following new features: · redesigned user interface · all icons redesigned · user interface consistent with NeXT UI Guidelines · ToolBox accepts drag and drop of all pasteboard types, including Mesa menu functions · single Inspector window · auto selection of ranges in Tool and Inspector functions · Resizeable formula entry area · New Formula Builder · QuickBase database adaptor · Oracle database adaptor · dBASE import/export · HTML table export · Excel export · Reuters datafeed functions: DATAFEED(), etc P & L Systems is the leading supplier of products and services for NeXTSTEP in the UK. With a complete range of software and hardware products and services, P & L Systems offer full support for customers in the aggressive and sometimes bewildering world of object oriented solutions. Products developed by P & L Systems include the Oracle Adaptor for Mesa; the QuickBase Adaptor for Mesa; Pager, a flexible application for pagers and beepers; PassKey, a password management tool for administrators; AppManager, a software usage monitoring and license allocation utility; and Informant!, a radical new real-time data feed distribution application for Reuters and other feeds on NeXTSTEP, Solaris and Windows NT. For additional information about P &L Systems and its products and services, contact the company directly at +44 1494 432422, send electronic mail to info@plsys.co.uk, or visit P & L Systems' World Wide Web pages at http://www.plsys.co.uk/. -30- P & L Systems, AppManager, PassKey, Informant! and Mesa are trademarks of P & L Systems. NEXTSTEP is a registered trademark of NeXT Software, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
From: Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Anderson Financial Systems Responds to Apple/NeXT Merger Date: 23 Dec 1996 19:19:36 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <59mm08$e82@news.digifix.com> Anderson Financial Systems Inc. 909 Sumneytown Pike, Suite 106 Springhouse, PA 19477 +1 215 653 0911 +1 215 653 0711 fax Contact: Gregory H. Anderson Voice: 215 653 0911 Greg_Anderson@afs.com For Immediate Release ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS RESPONDS TO APPLE/NEXT MERGER WriteUp and PasteUp Users Get Another Early Christmas Present SPRINGHOUSE, PA, December 23, 1996 -- Anderson Financial Systems Inc. today announced its full support for the merger of Apple Computer Inc. and NeXT Software Inc., and said it would return its NEXTSTEP-based text processing products to the market as soon as possible. "My mailbox is flooded with inquiries from dedicated customers who want to know whether Friday's news might lead us to reconsider our decision to withdraw PasteUp and WriteUp," said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO. "The short answer is, 'Yes!' We believe the merger is a healthy development for all participants, we believe AFS has a place in the proposed new environment, and we intend to pursue that position aggressively." The reintroduction of PasteUp and WriteUp will occur in several phases. As soon as new agreements can be signed with certain third parties, the existing NEXTSTEP versions will be returned to the market for immediate sale. In the meantime, free support -- which was to have been curtailed at the end of December -- will be continued without interruption. A previously canceled project to port the applications to OPENSTEP on existing platforms will be reopened immediately, and porting to the new Macintosh environment will begin as soon as resources to do so are made available by Apple. Delivery schedules and new features will be forthcoming. "It's good to be back, although we never fully left," continued Anderson. "The new Mac operating system is going to open up whole new opportunities for third-party developers, and long-time NeXT partisans will have the inside track. For example, PasteUp is already built around the unified PostScript imaging model that graphics professionals demand, and it is 100% object-oriented. Our goal will be nothing less than to have PasteUp 3.0 recognized as the desktop publishing application that will lead Apple's customers into the next century." ABOUT ANDERSON FINANCIAL SYSTEMS Anderson Financial Systems Inc. is a privately held software development company based in Springhouse, Pennsylvania (suburban Philadelphia). Founded in 1982, the company's primary business has been designing customized trading software for more than 60 Wall Street firms on MSDOS and NEXTSTEP platforms. Representative clients include First National Bank of Chicago, PaineWebber, Dean Witter, Soros Fund Management, Delaware Management Company, Oppenheimer Management Corp. and Texas Commerce Bank. Since adding NeXT to its roster in 1991, AFS has made a substantial commitment to building applications that leverage the unique capabilities of the NEXTSTEP operating environment. ###
From: Leon von Stauber <leonvs@pswtech.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: MEETING: The Return of AnUG, the Austin NEXTSTEP User Group Date: 24 Dec 1996 03:50:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <59nju6$2m1@news.digifix.com> How quickly things can change, eh? :-) Given the tremendous impact of recent events, it seems there may be enough interest to reconvene the Austin NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group after many months of silence. We'll hold our first meeting of 1997 in late January or early February, in the new location of PSW Technologies near the 360 bridge. (PSW will be moving into the new space in mid-January, which is the reason for the delay.) As AnUG meetings were formerly held on Tuesdays, February 4 seems like a good bet. (A little background: PSW Technologies, Inc. was formerly Pencom Software. It's a software services company that, among other things, is heavily involved in NEXTSTEP development projects, and once developed and supported co-Xist, an X Windows server application for NEXTSTEP.) At the meeting we'll discuss the implications of the Apple-NeXT deal for users, developers, and administrators of NEXTSTEP and Macintosh systems, including analysis of the announcements to be made at MacWorld. Mac advocates, users, and bystanders are encouraged to attend. We'll also show OpenStep running on a Solaris system. And as usual, we'll find some way to incorporate pizza and suds into the festivities. We'll announce more details in coming weeks. If you'd like to be added to the AnUG mailing list, send a request to <owner-anug@pswtech.com> Make your plans to join us, and we'll start this year off right!
From: Christian Starkjohann <cs@hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: vmount 0.4 -- more filesystems for NEXTSTEP Date: 24 Dec 1996 03:51:31 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <59nk03$2m2@news.digifix.com> Version 0.4 of vmount is now available from ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/disk/vmount* (ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ or whereever it will move to.) The files "vmount-Linux-2.0.25.s.gnutar.gz" and "vmount-ntfs-cs.s.gnutar.gz" have not changed! There is no need to waste bandwidth if you have already fetched them with a previous version. The most important new feature: tremendous speed improvement due to a disk cache. * What has changed since 0.2? ============================= - Added support for extended partitions, thereby changing the numbering scheme for partitions. - Changed meaning of -s parameter from sector size to partition size - Added -v option to print the version number and exit * What has changed since 0.3? ============================= - Vmount works with 4GB disks now - Improved limit-checking on large partitions - Implemented a disk cache, which brings a _tremendous_ speed improvement - As a consequence of the disk cache, the iso9660 filesystem works now If you still don't know what vmount is, here some excerpts from the README: * What does vmount do? ====================== vmount is a utility that allows you to mount foreign filesystems in your directory hierarchy. It uses the NFS-interface to the kernel to make the files available and the Linux code for the lowlevel filesystem access. * What do I need to run vmount? =============================== To run vmount: 1.) An i386 based machine (i386 is the CPU-class, not the actual processor). 2.) NEXTSTEP 3.2 or higher (I have only tested on 4.0, however). To compile from the sources: 1.) NEXTSTEP 3.3 Developer or higher. I have also tested with gcc 2.7.2 and NEXTSTEP 3.2 Developer, this works too. gcc 2.2.2, which comes with 3.2 Developer, complains about prototype mismatches for built in functions. This can probably be solved easily, but I have not tried. You should edit the Makefile to reflect the compiler you intend to use. 2.) GNU-make. Openstep 4.0 and higher comes with GNU-make, it is available under the name "gnumake". And, of course, you need the vmount distribution: vmount.0.4.I.b.gnutar.gz for the binary only distribution vmount.0.4.I.s.gnutar.gz for the vmount sources vmount-Linux-2.0.25.s.gnutar.gz for the Linux filesystem sources This directory contains the "fs" and "include" hierarchy of the Linux kernel sources. "fs" contains only the filesystem specific subdirectories. vmount-ntfs-cs.s.gnutar.gz for the modified ntfs sources For more information please read the README file at ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/disk/vmount-0.4.I.README or ftp://hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at/pub/NeXT/tools/vmount/vmount-0.4.I.README -- Christian Starkjohann <cs@hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at> or <cs@ds1.kph.tuwien.ac.at>, finger for PGP Public Key. PGP fingerprint: DF FD 40 60 91 6A 14 1C CD 2C E9 07 38 AE CB 4E
From: kwong@comnetix.com (Kai Wong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: pdksh-5.2.12 for NEXTSTEP Date: 24 Dec 1996 22:50:41 GMT Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Oakville, Ontario, CANADA Message-ID: <59pmo1$acr@news.digifix.com> Last updated October '96 for pdksh-5.2.12. PD-ksh is a mostly complete AT&T ksh look-alike (see NOTES file for a list of things not supported). Work is currently underway to make it fully compatible with both POSIX and AT&T ksh (when the two don't conflict). Since pdksh is free and compiles and runs on most common unix systems, it is very useful in creating a consistent user interface across multiple machines. For example, in the CS dept. of MUN, pdksh is installed on a variety of machines including Suns, HPs, DecStations, pcs running Linux, etc., and is the login shell of ~5200 users. PDksh is currently being maintained by Michael Rendell (michael@cs.mun.ca), who took over from Simon J. Gerraty (sjg@zen.void.oz.au) at the later's suggestion. A short list of things that have been added since the last public pdksh release (4.9) are auto-configuration, arrays, $(( .. )), [[ .. ]], variable attributes, co-processes, extended file globbing, many POSIXisms and many bug fixes. See the NEWS and ChangeLog files for other features added and bugs fixed. Note that pdksh is provided AS IS, with NO WARRANTY, either expressed or implied. Also note that although the bulk of the code in pdksh is in the public domain, some files are copyrighten (but freely distributable) and subject to certain conditions (eg, don't remove copyright, document any changes, etc.). See the LEGAL file for details. If you would like to be notified via email of new releases as they become available, send mail to pdksh-request@cs.mun.ca with subject "send release notifications" (or "don't send release notifications" to stop them). ksh is now available from (ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ or whereever it will move to.) The files are pdksh-5.2.12.NI.tar.gz and pdksh-5.2.12.readme --kai-- NextStep/OpenStep Software Engineer email: kwong@cs.mun.ca or kwong@comnetix.com url: http://www.cs.mun.ca/~kwong/ PGP fingerprint <1B 67 F5 6C C4 44 4F 87 52 F7 61 C7 8E D0 36 40> finger kwong@plato.ucs.mun.ca to get PGP public key.
From: bmunn@lighthouse.com (Beth Munn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Lighthouse Design/Sun Microsystems Date: 25 Dec 1996 04:04:02 GMT Organization: Lighthouse Design, a Sun Microsystems business Message-ID: <59q93i$bt0@news.digifix.com> Lighthouse Design (a Sun Microsystems business) 2929 Campus Drive San Mateo, Ca. 94403 415.570.7736 http://www.lighthouse.com Founded in 1989, and acquired by Sun Microsystems in July of 1996, Lighthouse Design is one of the industry's most experienced developers of applications for purely object-oriented environments. Lighthouse Design's newest products, including JavaPlan, ease the transition to Java, and facilitate the development and deployment of Java-based custom applications to the World Wide Web, Sun's Solaris, and Windows NT. Looking towards the future... Lighthouse is growing at an incredible pace. Our expertise in Object-Oriented technology has positioned us for success in the middle of the Java revolution! Lighthouse offers the exciting and fast paced environment of a small company, while being able to provide "big company" benefits. We are looking for individuals who can demonstrate excellence in Object-OrientedTechnology, GUI design, software engineering management, and application development. Your skills should include: Java, Objective-C, Smalltalk, C++, OpenStep, Solaris, Windows NT, RDBMS, OODBMS, OO A/D, "off the shelf" application development, The following positions are currently open: JAVA DEVELOPMENT MANAGER APPLICATIONS ENGINEERS JAVAPLAN ENGINEERS SALES ENGINEERS TRAINERS/CURRICULUM DEVELOPERS OPERATIONS MANAGER .....and many more!! Become part of the revolution! Lighthouse is a leader in the Object-Oriented software industry, come and work with some of the best people in the business. For more informaiton please contact or send your resume to: Beth Munn 415-570-7736 bmunn@lighthouse.com or elizabeth.munn@corp.sun.com For other opportunities, please see our web site at: www.lighthouse.com
From: ftpadm@informatik.uni-muenchen.de (FTP Archiv d. LMU) Newsgroups: muc.archive.update,de.admin.archiv,de.comp.sys.next,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: New files on the Peanuts FTP archive (27.12.96) Date: 27 Dec 1996 20:00:05 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5a19s5$71p@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 5069638 Dec 21 00:09 Commercial/graphics/chart/Chartsmith.1.3.NIHS.b.gnutar.gz 540 Dec 21 00:09 Commercial/graphics/chart/Chartsmith.1.3.README 1997454 Dec 21 00:09 Commercial/graphics/chart/ChartsmithAPI.1.3.NIHS.gnutar.gz 537434 Dec 21 00:09 Commercial/graphics/chart/ChartsmithFiles.1.3.gnutar.gz 184790 Dec 21 00:09 Commercial/graphics/chart/ChartsmithWebKit.1.3.NIS.b.gnutar.gz 461980 Dec 21 00:00 Games/network/NeXTGo.2.6.NIHS.bs.gnutar.gz 1548 Dec 18 21:39 Games/network/NeXTGo.2.6.README 663654 Dec 21 17:59 Text/apps/OmniPDF.2.1.H.b.tar.gz 623649 Dec 21 17:59 Text/apps/OmniPDF.2.1.I.b.tar.gz 608669 Dec 21 17:59 Text/apps/OmniPDF.2.1.N.b.tar.gz 1534748 Dec 21 17:59 Text/apps/OmniPDF.2.1.NIHS.b.tar.gz 642908 Dec 21 18:00 Text/apps/OmniPDF.2.1.S.b.tar.gz 1279253 Dec 21 17:58 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.5b2.H.b.tar.gz 1169816 Dec 21 17:58 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.5b2.I.b.tar.gz 1116191 Dec 21 17:58 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.5b2.N.b.tar.gz 3277426 Dec 21 17:58 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.5b2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 1220713 Dec 21 17:58 Network/www/OmniWeb.2.5b2.S.b.tar.gz 577794 Dec 22 16:26 Text/apps/PDFView.1.61.NIHS.tar.gz 6953 Dec 22 16:26 Text/apps/PDFView.1.61.README 2235415 Dec 21 00:56 Network/programs/system/gated-R3_6Alpha2.NIHS.b.tar.gz 1817 Dec 21 00:56 Network/programs/system/gated-R3_6Alpha2.README 15284 Dec 21 00:02 Tools/disk/programs/vmount-0.4.I.README 149311 Dec 21 00:02 Tools/disk/programs/vmount.0.4.I.b.gnutar.gz 49402 Dec 21 00:02 Tools/disk/programs/vmount.0.4.I.s.gnutar.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 1995. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: "Arthur C. Kyle" <ack@skylee.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Skylee Press ships version 7.0 of the Big Green CD Set Date: 30 Dec 1996 06:13:59 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5a7mj7$t2n@news.digifix.com> Skylee Press ships version 7.0 of the Big Green CD Set SAN FRANCISCO, California, Dec 25th -- Skylee Press announced today that it is shipping version 7.0 of its popular CD-ROM collection of NEXTSTEP freeware and shareware, the Big Green CD Set (BGCD). A three-disc distribution, the BGCD includes the Big Green Apps 2.0 CD (BGA2), the Big Green Developer 2.0 CD (BGD2), and the Big Green Library 5.0 CD (BGL5). Contents The BGA2 contains over 600 megabytes of NEXTSTEP applications, many compiled quad-fat. The BGD2 contains almost 650 megabytes of source code, source and binaries for UNIX utilities, the almost complete GNU archive as of early December, various NEXTSTEP Java development tools, recent source and binary distributions of the MiscKit for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, and many other developer-oriented archives. The BGL5 contains almost 550 megabytes of NEXTSTEP-related information resources, including the complete NeXTAnswers archive as of early December, the latest next-icon archive, and 400 megabytes of sorted and indexed comp.sys.next news. See <http://www.skylee.com/bgcd-contents/> for a listing of the contents of all three CDs, as well as what's new to this edition. Pricing Retail price is $59 for the three-disc set, and educational pricing of $39 is available for students/staff/faculty with current ID. Previous editions are also available. Prices do not include shipping (US/Canada $2, international $5) or California sales tax, if applicable. For more information Details about the BGCD are available at <http://www.skylee.com/BGCD.html>. Alternatively, you can send an empty e-mail message to <bgcd-info@skylee.com> and information will be returned to you automatically (send to <bgcd-info-next@skylee.com> for NeXTmail). The Future Skylee Press will remain committed to the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP market. In addition, future editions of the BGCD will support operating systems from Apple Computer, Inc. that integrate NeXT software technology. Ad astra per aspera. Skylee Press PO Box 471645 San Francisco, CA USA 94147-1645 +1-415-474-7803 vox +1-415-474-7896 fax 1-888-275-9533 toll-free order line orders@skylee.com Visa, MasterCard, and American Express, or company/personal checks accepted. E-mail orders accepted if encrypted (finger ack@skylee.com for key or consult the keyservers).
From: Nik Gervae <ngervae@sirius.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BOOK: Developing Business Applications with OpenStep Date: 30 Dec 1996 21:56:33 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5a9dqh$5lg@news.digifix.com> I bet you're curious about OpenStep. Springer-Verlag has just published a book about OpenStep that I and another NeXT citizen wrote, which gives a broad overview of the object-oriented parts of the system as well as the development tools. It does not cover the kernel, since NeXT was well on its way to phasing that out in favor of their NT port as we wrote the book. That's not so bad, though, since there are already lots of books and articles about Mach out there. (Mind you, the screenshots are mostly Windows NT as well.) The book does go over all of these components: The Objective-C language The Foundation Framework (basic object classes) The Application Kit (windows & widgets & more) Development tools, with a small sample app Distributed Objects (interapp communication) Enterprise Objects Framework (database connectivity) WebObjects Again, this book is a fairly high-level review of the technology. Although there is code on many pages, the focus isn't on how to write OpenStep applications. Rather, it's about what the frameworks do and how they work. There are some books out there showing how to write code; you can find them on the usual book search sites (www.amazon.com is a good one). Here's the ordering info: Developing Business Applications with OpenStep Nik Gervae and Peter Clark Springer-Verlag ISBN 0-387-94852-X $39.95 direct orders 1-800-Springer ---- Nik Gervae <ngervae@sirius.com>
From: Jordan Zimmerman <jordanz@altura.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Altura Software, Inc. Announces Mac2NeXT Compatibility Date: 30 Dec 1996 23:11:44 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5a9i7g$687@news.digifix.com> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lee Lorenzen, President Altura Software, Inc. 408.655.8005 http://www.altura.com Altura Software, Inc. Announces Mac2NeXT Compatibility PACIFIC GROVE, California - December 26, 1996 -- Altura Software, Inc. announced today its intention to create a Mac2NeXT Porting Technology to provide Macintosh Developers a quick and easy way to port their Mac Applications to Apple's "NewOS" operating system. Altura will leverage it's Mac2Win Porting Technology which is being used by major Mac Developers such as Fractal Design, Claris, ACI, Macromedia, and Metrowerks. Mac2Win is a library that allows MacOS code to be to ported to Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT without it having to be rewritten. "We're as excited as the rest of the Mac community about Apple's recent announcements regarding NeXT," commented Lee Lorenzen, President of Altura. "Of course, this is all very new, and we can't be sure of all the details. But, we knew immediately that we wanted to voice our support for the new direction by making this announcement." Altura currently works very closely with Apple and Metrowerks (the major tools provider for Mac Developers). These relationships give Altura a head-start in re-targeting its Mac2Win Technology for NeXT as soon as documentation and tools become available. Additional details regarding price and availability will be provided at Altura's booth in Developer Central at the MacWorld(r) Exposition in San Francisco January 1997. "Mac2Win made it possible to quickly port our application to Windows without having to rewrite it," remarked Dieter Weidenbruck, Chairman, the IsoDraw Company. "With Mac2Win, it's a real Windows app. It has the correct look and feel. With Mac2NeXT, I'm sure Altura will achieve this same level of smooth integration and native platform look and feel. I know that Altura has the experience necessary to deliver a dynamite Mac2NeXT solution." ABOUT ALTURA SOFTWARE Altura Software, Inc. is a leading developer of porting technology solutions for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. The company's Mac2Win(tm) technology gives software developers unparalleled solutions for quickly moving their Macintosh applications to Windows. Altura Software also offers QuickHelp(tm), the WinHelp compatible, context sensitive help system for Macintosh; and QuickView(tm), the Microsoft Multimedia Viewer-compatible multimedia and online reference development tool. Altura Software, Inc. was founded in 1990 and is based in Pacific Grove, California. For more information on Altura Software and its products, please contact Lee Lorenzen at 408-655-8005. Statements in this press release regarding future products are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including successful and timely development of future products and customer acceptance of those products.
From: tpud@oregoncoast.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Job Opening for Senior Software Engineer Date: 31 Dec 1996 22:11:20 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5ac328$h9a@news.digifix.com> For Immediate Release: Job Opening for Senior Software Engineer Tillamook People's Utility District, located on the Oregon coast, has an immediate opening for a senior software engineer. Tillamook PUD, a distribution electric utility which serves over 18,000 customers, is expanding its Information System staff as they move forward with their migration to client/server computing from the existing TI Mainframe. Candidates should possess working knowledge of UNIX, C, Objective-C, Client/Server, Oracle RDBMS, and NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP development tools. Tillamook is a rural community of 25,000 people located 70 miles west of Portland, Oregon. Because of deregulation of the electric industry and a desire for better customer service the PUD has embarked upon an ambitious reengineering of their entire information system. Candidates must have a strong background in three main areas: client/server computing, relational database concepts, and object-oriented technology (NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP preferred). The PUD has been using the NEXTSTEP operating system and development tools for the last two years. The network consist of 40 workstations and data is served by Oracle running on a DEC Alpha. Future plans include migrating all business functions to the NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP environment, and a secure, interactive web site for customers to view historical data. The PUD offers competitive salaries and an excellent comprehensive benefits package. Resumes must be received by the PUD no later than January 17, 1997. For more information or to apply for a career with the utility please send your resume to: Jack Rice, IS Supervisor P.O. Box 433 Tillamook, Oregon 97141 phone: 1-800-422-2535 E-mail: tpud@oregoncoast.com Fax: 1-503-842-4161 Tillamook People's Utility District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.