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From: dfrohman@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu (Danny Frohman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: NeXT-SQL-Improv Support in Chicago Date: 2 Jan 1997 20:02:19 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5ah48b$99@news.digifix.com> We need some hardware-software-programming support in Chicago for an aging system. Our monthly financial data is loaded into Sybase databases and queried through a NeXT workstation running NEXTSTEP 3.2 and executing files of custom SQL code. The resulting tables are imported by versions of public API imxGeneric routines into Lotus Improv 1.0 linked spreadsheets. All of this was implemented in 1992-93 and is no longer supported by our department or the division. Things are slowing down and the number of errors is increasing. The long range plan is to do everything in Microsoft Office with Access and Excel, since they are supported locally, so we need to keep the NeXT based system going until then. We need someone who can look at the system and: (1) tell us what a tune-up would involve, (2) do the tune-up, and (3) tell us if converting to Nextstep for Intel and Improv for Windows is worth considering as an intermediary step. Any suggestions for local Chicago talent? for: news:comp.sys.next.announce (or wherever you think most appropriate) from: Danny Frohman, University of Chicago, Department of Surgery contact: dfrohman@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu
From: "Margaret Schofield" <margaret@uxlusa.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,misc.jobs.contract,misc.jobs.offered Subject: JOB: NeXTSTEP Sys Admin NEEDED Date: 2 Jan 1997 20:03:25 GMT Organization: Object Systems Group, Inc. Message-ID: <5ah4ad$9d@news.digifix.com> Our OO Consultancy needs a System Administrator for a client located in the Northern Virginia area. This person must have minimum two years experience working as an Admin. in a NeXTSTEP environment. OpenStep experience is a plus. We pay well, offer good benefits, and require a minimum one year commitment. Must have authorization to work in the US or be a Canadian citizen. Please send resumes in Word, TEXT, or ASCII format to margaret@osgcorp.com
From: tracy@pdh.com (Tracy Alexander) Newsgroups: ba.jobs.offered,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: SAN JOSE: Software and Database Design Engineers Date: 3 Jan 1997 04:40:33 GMT Organization: PDH, Inc. Message-ID: <5ai2k1$4jm@news.digifix.com> >>>>> Career Opportunity<<<<< for an Object Oriented Designer and Developer PDH, Inc. is a leader in client-server systems using NEXTSTEP and soon OpenStep software development environments. These environments permit a 10 to 1 improvement in developer productivity on the first project and up to 25 to 1 on subsequent projects through the use of the tools, OOD, and the robust libraries (classes, palettes, kits). You will develop custom mission critical applications for customers. Qualifications: Required: BS in Computer Science or related field Objective-C, C++, SmallTalk, Java Willingness to travel within USA Desired: Familiarity with EOF, DBKit, AccessKit Experience in the following: Independent design and development Database design and development (SQL, Sybase or Oracle) Distributed databases Distributed architectures, Client-Server Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and development Object Oriented Methodology (OOA,OOD and OOP) UNIX Windows 95, NT, OLE NEXTSTEP Objective-C, C++, SmallTalk, Java Duties: Design, engineer, and participate in all stages of the product life-cycle: requirements, design, implementation, testing, documentation, training, and support. Take responsibility for technology insertion, database architectures, performance issues, and provide state-of-the-art solutions right to the desktops of customers. This is an excellent opportunity to be immediately challenged and to be a part of an elite staff. PDH provides excellent vacation, holiday, health, 401K and disability benefits. The work attire is casual, hours are flexible, and refreshments are sponsored. If you would like to be part of our fast-paced, high growth, engineering-focused development team, send your resume to: PDH, Inc. Personnel Department Vox: (408) 428-9596 Fax: (408) 428-9599 E-mail: personnel@pdh.com(NeXT Mail welcome) 2635 North First Street, Suite 224, San Jose, CA 95134-2034 Visit our web site at: http://www.pdh.com PDH, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. US CITIZENSHIP Required for Position
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: octave-2.0 Available Date: 3 Jan 1997 04:41:22 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <5ai2li$4jp@news.digifix.com> I've completed the port of octave-2.0 to NEXTSTEP for m68k and i386 platforms. I've uploaded it to: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ octave-2.0.README octave-2.0.Build.NeXT octave-2.0.NI.bd.tar.gz It'll probably be moved somewhere soon that is more meaningful, like ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/apps/educational/ This current build has only gone through a couple weeks of testing, so who knows how stable it REALLY is. Let me know if you encounter any serious problems. The 'octave-2.0.Build.NeXT' file describes my porting effort in detail. The 'octave-2.0.README' file contents are appended to this post. Enjoy. ____ Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln --------------------------------------- octave-2.0.README octave-2.0.NI.bd.tar.gz Jan 1997 An Installer.app package containing octave-2.0 for the m68k-next-nextstep3 i386-next-nextstep3 platforms. I would have done hppa and sparc too, but I don't have any of those platforms on hand. It is an implementation of octave-2.0. Ample documentation is included in the directory src/octave-2.0/doc. Building this wasn't too fun. First, I needed to build/install the latest versions of gcc-2.7.2.1, g77-0.5.19, libg++-2.7.2. Second, I made a quick-build binary for testing (to make sure the darn thing worked). Lastly, I tweaked the configuration to put files where I like them, eg, having a common executable location for all nextstep platforms (aren't FAT binaries wonderful?), instead of separate ones. OVERVIEW Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically. Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. INSTALLATION Unpacking the original archive reveals an Installer.app-style package. Simply double-click octave.pkg in the Workspace as root to install into /usr/local. Note: /usr/local is hardwired into the program, if you want it somewhere else, you'll need to recompile. If you're daring, you can unpack the archive manually using tar: cd /usr/local gnutar xZf /PathToArchive/octave.pkg/octave.tar.Z HISTORY This is my own internal history of progress. No change in source code versions occurred, just different builds of the same code, b1: Dec 17, 1996 (Binary Beta 1) First successful build. Let's try it out. b2: Dec 18, 1996 (Binary Beta 2) Fixed help system bug (couldn't find info binary, because I had moved it.) r1: Dec 20, 1996 (Binary Release 1) Added m68k binary. r2: Jan 2, 1997 (Binary Release 2) Added documentation, FAT libraries Install as Installer.app package First public release, uploaded to ftp.next.peak.org, Jan 2, 1997 CREDITS: Rex Dieter <rdieter@math.unl.edu> Computer System Manager Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ Octave source and other binaries: http://www.che.wisc.edu/octave ftp://ftp.che.wisc.edu/pub/octave
From: tracy@pdh.com (Tracy Alexander) Newsgroups: ba.jobs.offered,comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: SAN JOSE: Senior Software and Database Design Engineers Date: 3 Jan 1997 04:40:12 GMT Organization: PDH, Inc. Message-ID: <5ai2jc$4jl@news.digifix.com> >>>>> Career Opportunity<<<<< for an experienced Object Oriented Architect and Developer PDH, Inc. is a leader in client-server systems using NEXTSTEP and soon OpenStep software development environments. These environments permit a 10 to 1 improvement in developer productivity on the first project and up to 25 to 1 on subsequent projects through the use of the tools, OOD, and the robust libraries (classes, palettes, kits). NEXTSTEP and OpenStep are available on Motorola, Intel, Sun, HP and DEC workstations now, and will soon be running in Windows/NT and SUN NEO. You will develop custom mission critical applications for customers. Qualifications: Preferably at least 5+ years software/database development experience. Required: BS in Computer Science or related field Willingness to travel within USA Object Oriented Methodology (OOA,OOD and OOP) UNIX Independent design and development Desired: Familiarity with EOF, DBKit, AccessKit Experience in the following: Database design and development (SQL, Sybase or Oracle) Distributed databases Distributed architectures, Client-Server, CORBA Graphical User Interface (GUI) design and development Windows 95, NT, OLE NEXTSTEP Objective-C, C++, SmallTalk, Java Duties: Design, engineer/architect, and participate in all stages of the product life-cycle: requirements, design, implementation, testing, documentation, training, and support. Lead a team of highly creative, qualified engineers/architects through product development providing both the technical and managerial aspects of the project. Take responsibility for technology insertion, database architectures, performance issues, and provide state-of-the-art solutions right to the desktops of customers. This is an excellent opportunity to be immediately challenged and to be a part of an elite staff. PDH provides excellent vacation, holiday, health, 401K and disability benefits. The work attire is casual, hours are flexible, and refreshments are sponsored. If you would like to be part of our fast-paced, high growth, engineering-focused development team, send your resume to: PDH, Inc. Personnel Department Vox: (408) 428-9596 Fax: (408) 428-9599 E-mail: personnel@pdh.com(NeXT Mail welcome) 2635 North First Street, Suite 224, San Jose, CA 95134-2034 Visit our web site at: http://www.pdh.com PDH, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. US CITIZENSHIP Required for Position
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 (3.1.97) Date: 3 Jan 1997 20:00:04 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5ajog4$sjl@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]): 44824 Dec 30 23:34 Usenet/news/1996/Ann-12.gz 234992 Dec 29 15:39 Graphics/apps/BeYap.1.21b.NI.b.tar.gz 2001 Dec 29 15:39 Graphics/apps/BeYap.README 25493 Dec 28 02:56 Usenet/news/1996/Bugs-12.gz 1275009 Dec 31 03:30 Network/news/HNNews.0.92.NIHS.b.tar.gz 3672 Dec 31 03:30 Network/news/HNNews.0.92.README 217934 Dec 30 21:25 Usenet/news/1996/Hard-12.gz 260424 Dec 30 23:38 Usenet/news/1996/Misc-12.gz 577794 Dec 28 10:40 Text/apps/PDFView.1.61.NIHS.b.tar.gz 6953 Dec 28 10:40 Text/apps/PDFView.1.61.README 7233728 Dec 29 15:33 Commercial/graphics/cad/Platon.3.01.I.b.tar.gz 6997467 Dec 29 15:33 Commercial/graphics/cad/Platon.3.01.N.b.tar.gz 1771 Dec 29 15:33 Commercial/graphics/cad/Platon.3.01.README 98675 Dec 30 21:58 Usenet/news/1996/Prog-12.gz 5222 Dec 29 15:44 OpenStep/developer/resources/ReportPalette.4.2.README 2950344 Dec 29 15:44 OpenStep/developer/resources/ReportPalette.4.2.m.NIS.b.tgz 291634 Dec 30 23:38 Usenet/news/1996/Soft-12.gz 186910 Dec 30 19:15 Usenet/news/1996/Sys-12.gz 230788 Dec 30 19:02 Usenet/news/1996/de.comp.sys.next-12.gz 1292814 Dec 29 15:41 Tools/editor/programs/nvi.1.76.NIHS.b.tar.gz 1013 Dec 29 15:41 Tools/editor/programs/nvi.1.76.README 1271960 Dec 29 15:41 Tools/editor/programs/nvi.1.76.s.tar.gz 201879 Dec 29 15:40 Unix/shell/pdksh.5.2.12.NI.b.tar.gz 1654 Dec 29 15:40 Unix/shell/pdksh.5.2.12.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: Greg Anderson <greg@afs.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: NEXTSTEP Developers Will Exhibit at MacWorld Date: 3 Jan 1997 21:32:43 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5ajttr$ao2@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 NEXTSTEP DEVELOPERS WILL EXHIBIT AT MACWORLD Public Invited To See Real Applications SPRINGHOUSE, PA, January 3, 1997 -- Representatives from the leading independent vendors of NEXTSTEP software announced today that they support the NeXT/Apple merger and will demonstrate their existing NEXTSTEP applications next week at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco. Featured applications at the NEXTSTEP Application Developers booth will include: the CHaRTSMITH charting package and DaTASCRIBE Database Reporting Tool from Blacksmith, Inc.; Create, a full-featured drawing application from Stone Design (www.stone.com); Mesa, a spreadsheet from P&L Systems; PasteUp and WriteUp, desktop publishing and word processing from Anderson Financial Systems; Pencil Me In, the leading personal and group calendaring product, and SBook, a personal address book and contact manager, both from Sarrus Software; and TIFFany II advanced image editing from Caffeine Software. Demonstrations will focus on how these applications work both separately and in combination in the integrated NEXTSTEP environment. "Interest in NeXT technology is sky high since the merger announcement, and next week's keynote will only add to the curiosity," said Gregory H. Anderson, Founder and CEO of Anderson Financial Systems. "We want to show existing Apple developers and users that this technology supports serious applications." "The announcement of the Apple/NeXT merger has all NeXT-technology enthusiasts excited about the new opportunities that will come from this," added Tony Rennier, President of BLaCKSMITH. "NeXT's technology is outstanding, and we look forward to demonstrating that to the Apple community." "As an early Macintosh and HyperTalk software house which was converted to NEXT in 1989, Stone Design embraces the Apple/NeXT merger," said Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "We have been shipping software for NEXTSTEP/OpenStep for 8 years and are overjoyed that these technologies will be available to the Macintosh market." The NEXTSTEP Application Developers will be exhibiting in booth #3490, along the back aisle of North Hall. For more information prior to the show, contact Greg Anderson as listed above. ###
From: bmunn@lighthouse.com (Beth Munn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Lighthouse Design/Sun Microsystems Date: 3 Jan 1997 22:01:48 GMT Organization: Lighthouse Design, a Sun Microsystems business Message-ID: <5ajvkc$avt@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 offers the exciting and fast paced environment of a small company, while being able to provide "big company" benefits. JavaPlan, the newest product from Lighthouse Design is the industry's first enterprise devlopment platform for the analysis, design, and generation of sophisticated Java applications. Lighthouse is also the premiere provider of productivity applications for the OpenStep and Solaris environments. 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, and 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 others!! 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 For other opportunities, please see our web site at: www.lighthouse.com
From: hnalgae@soback.kornet.nm.kr (Kang Hyun) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: HNNews 0.91 beta Date: 3 Jan 1997 22:16:10 GMT Organization: Hayan Nalgae Message-ID: <5ak0fa$b1j@news.digifix.com> HNNews 0.92 released. * Introduction HNNews is powerful multi-tasking USENET newsreader. HNNews gives you ability of navigating news servers very easily. HNNews is commercial product. * 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 0.91 beta - Help added - Find Panel - Emacs key binding - Purge bug fixed You can download HNNews 0.92 at: ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews.0.92.README ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews.0.92.NIHS.b.tar.gz ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews-K.0.92.README ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/news/HNNews-K.0.92.NIHS.b.tar.gz or ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews.0.92.README ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews.0.92.NIHS.b.tar.gz ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews-K.0.92.README ¬ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/new_arrivals/HNNews-K.0.92.NIHS.b.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: Christian Starkjohann <cs@hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: vmount 0.4 -- more filesystems for NEXTSTEP (repost) Date: 6 Jan 1997 04:14:30 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5apu76$4np@news.digifix.com> [Obviously, my first posting on Dec 23 did not get through, so this is a repost:] 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: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: STONE DESIGN announces support for Mac OpenStep Date: 6 Jan 1997 20:15:05 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5armg9$anv@news.digifix.com> NEWS For Immediate Release For more information, please contact: Katie Graunke katie@stone.com 505-345-4800 http://www.stone.com Stone Design Announces Support for Mac/Openstep Monday, January 6, 1997 - San Francisco - Stone Design, a long time provider of NeXTSTEP and OpenStep software, announced today its intention to fully support the Stone line of productivity applications under Mac/OpenStep. Create, the powerful object draw package, will likely be the first drawing application to ship on the Mac/OpenStep platform. "We are delighted about the merger between Apple Computer and NeXT Software," said Andrew Stone, President of Stone Design. "It is especially exciting to be major players in what is certain to be the best graphics OS yet developed." "It's such a thrill to be able to offer the world's best technology to the graphically sophisticated Macintosh market," said Katie Graunke, Vice-president of Marketing for Stone Design. Phone calls, email and faxes are pouring into the offices of Stone Design with many congratulations and good wishes from their large customer base. Stone Design will have a presence at MacWorld starting today. Look for the NEXTSTEP Application Developers who will be exhibiting in booth #3490, along the back aisle of the North Hall. Or visit www.stone.com for more info! -*- Stone Design Corp. was founded in 1984 and shipped the first commercial application for NeXT, TextArt, in 1989. Since then, Stone has been committed to NeXT's state of the art technology, producing a series of productivity applications, including DataPhile (an award winning database package), Create, and 3D Reality (a 3D modeler), as well as supporting CheckSum (a check writer). Stone Design will continue producing quality shrinkwrap applications for the new generation with Mac/OpenStep. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Thomas Engel <tomi@shinto.nbg.sub.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCMENT: ObjectFarm opens: "TheMerger". Web site to teach you the buzzwords from the other side. Date: 7 Jan 1997 04:07:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5asi5i$dgk@news.digifix.com> 7. Jan.1997 The ObjectFarm announces the addition of a new web site: TheMerger ... "They're getting the Band together" http://asterix.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/TheMerger/ This site and its maintainers are trying to help bridge both worlds (Apple and NeXT) and provide information which could help during the transition to a common next generation operating system. The information provided is targeted at developers and users coming from both systems. While there are many sites which focus on commenting and analyzing the effects of the merger, we are mainly focused on "buzzword" explanation and technology "mapping", since most problems and fears expressed by users and developers result from misunderstandings. As more facts become available during Macworld'97 we will try to adjust our predictions for Apple's NeXT OS (the MergerOS, as we call it until an official naming has been set by Apple) Share and enjoy...and provide feedback to make the site richer. Tomi Engel tsengel@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de
From: park@pangea.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pangea Corporation Ships MindShare 3.0 Date: 7 Jan 1997 19:59:17 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5au9ul$jie@news.digifix.com> Contact: Peter J. Park Pangea Corporation +1-412-381-9944, ext. 25 park@pangea.com http://www.pangea.com PANGEA CORPORATION SHIPS MINDSHARE 3.0 Advanced e-mail and groupware for OpenStep Pittsburgh, PA, 7 January 1997: Pangea Corporation, the OpenStep enterprise messaging market leader, has shipped a new version of its best-selling electronic mail and groupware product. The new release is available immediately at Pangea's Web site, http://www.pangea.com. MindShare 3.0's features include... - MIME, RFC822, and NeXT format e-mail - Groupware "discussions" and shared mailboxes - Message threading and priorities, with customizable notification - Client-server object database architecture - Database replication across the Intranet or Internet - High speed searching of indexed database - User- and group-based discussion security - Tcl-based API for custom development and administration While details from Apple are still forthcoming, Pangea is planning to release MindShare on the NewOS. "Pangea is pleased with Apple's decision to purchase NeXT," said Peter J. Park, president of Pangea Corporation. "We feel the NewOS will be a compelling platform and that advanced applications like MindShare will give Apple the edge it needs to succeed." About Pangea Corporation Pangea has been developing custom and shrink-wrap OpenStep applications since 1991. Experts in... - object-oriented analysis, design, and implementation - multi-tier client/server architecture - intranet application design and development - user interface design - Windows NT, UNIX, and OpenStep - C++, Java, and Objective C Pangea's defining characteristics are professionalism and a passion for excellence.
From: park@pangea.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Pangea Corporation Offers OpenStep Consulting Date: 7 Jan 1997 19:59:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5au9vp$jif@news.digifix.com> Contact: Peter J. Park Pangea Corporation +1-412-381-9944, ext. 25 info@pangea.com http://www.pangea.com PANGEA CORPORATION OFFERS OPENSTEP CONSULTING Expert OpenStep Developers Offer Porting Services Pittsburgh, PA, 7 January 1997: Pangea Corporation, a leading OpenStep development company, has announced a new full-service consulting division for companies creating apps for Apple's NewOS. Pangea provides a range of services from mentoring through complete application development. "Finding qualified NeXT talent in the coming year will be harder and harder," said Peter J. Park, president of Pangea Corporation. "Pangea has been at the forefront of NeXT technology since the beginning and our engineers are among the most experienced in the world." For more information see Pangea's home page at http://www.pangea.com. About Pangea Corporation Pangea has been developing custom and shrink-wrap OpenStep applications since 1991. Experts in... - object-oriented analysis, design, and implementation - multi-tier client/server architecture - intranet application design and development - user interface design - Windows NT, UNIX, and OpenStep - C++, Java, and Objective C Pangea's defining characteristics are professionalism and a passion for excellence.
From: Daisho <daisho@earthlink.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Nextstep Sys Admin Date: 8 Jan 1997 05:11:44 GMT Organization: Earthlink Network, Inc. Message-ID: <5avaag$muv@news.digifix.com> We are in need of a system adminstrator for nextstep office net. Very versatile position, lots of challenges and creativity. Very exciting environment in the entertainment industry. From database design and maintainence, web site, sys admin, graphics etc. Innovative creative thinker needed specializing in nextstep. Must have valid pasport as job may entail travel. Not your usual corporate/government job. Applicant must have two -three years Nextstep & Mac experience. Database, graphics, internet & net expertise. Location: Washington DC
From: Katie Graunke <katie@stone.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Stone Design Announces December Raffle Winner Date: 8 Jan 1997 05:17:35 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5avalf$n1c@news.digifix.com> NEWS For immediate release For more information: EMAIL: info@stone.com TEL: Katie Graunke, (505) 345-4800 Albuquerque, NM, January 7, 1996 -- Stone Design Corp, a long time leader in the OpenStep/NEXTSTEP software marketplace, announced today the winner of the December Raffle for a Stoneworker t-shirt and Stone CD Volume 3. The winner is John Bartley. Stone Design will raffle a tshirt and CD combo each month while supplies last. To enter the raffle, please visit our World Wide Web site: <http://www.stone.com/ =*= Stone Design Corporation of Albuquerque, New Mexico, founded in 1984, develops a variety of productivity applications for Mac/OpenStep, OpenStep, NEXTSTEP and Java. 3D Reality, DataPhile, and Create are trademarks of Stone Design Corporation. The Stone Design logotype is copyright Stone Design 1994. All other brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
From: Timothy J Luoma <luomat@nerc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCE: PEAK renovations complete Date: 8 Jan 1997 05:18:01 GMT Organization: Princeton Theological Seminary Message-ID: <5avam9$n1d@news.digifix.com> Contact: next-ftp@peak.org Date: 7 January 1997 Thanks almost entirely to Eric Tremblay, the PEAK FTP site has undergone a major renovation and overhaul. While minor changes may still take place (changing files from .Z to .gzip, getting rid of old versions of programs which are no longer needed, etc) the majority of the work is done, and the new structure is in place. We'd like to thank everyone for their patience during this time, as well as those who have sent us notes of encouragement, pointed out permissions problems (all of which are fixed), and those who have made submissions. We hope this new layout will allow you to find what you are looking for, as well as browse in a easy-to-follow format. Towards that end, we have added two services: 1) a searching feature via email, where you can send email with a search word and have any matching URLs sent back to you. For example, if you wanted to search for "sendmail", you would send an email message to "luomat@peak.org" with the SUBJECT "search-peak sendmail" (without the " marks, of course). 2) a new index of the directory layout has just been made available. This will give you a better overall sense of the flow of the site. It can be found at: ftp://ftp.next.peak.org/pub/next/Layout-Guide.txt.gz Once again, keep those submissions coming in! Thanks for using the PEAK NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site
From: bmunn@lighthouse.com (Beth Munn) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Open Positions! Lighthouse Design, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business Date: 10 Jan 1997 16:32:09 GMT Organization: Lighthouse Design, a Sun Microsystems business Message-ID: <5b5qu9$hc6@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 offers the exciting and fast paced environment of a small company, while being able to provide "big company" benefits. JavaPlan, the newest product from Lighthouse Design is the industry's first enterprise devlopment platform forthe analysis, design and generation of sophisticated Java applications. Lighthouse is also the premiere provider of productivity applications for the OpenStep and Solaris environments. 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, and "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 others!! 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 For other opportunities, please see our web site at: www.lighthouse.com
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <589851299728@digifix.com> Date: 10 Jan 1997 16:42:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <476852914536@digifix.com> Cross Posting ============= I try very hard to make sure that postings get out in a timely fashion. Most go out in less than 24 hours. Postings that require editing because they do not contain information in a useable format, or have already been posted to other comp.sys.next.* groups may be delayed, or returned to you. If your posting is rejected, I'll try and make suggestions about what should be changed where possible. Obviously off charter messages (spams, open-letters, etc) may not get a response. Content Guidelines ================== Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address, telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone, toll-free fax, voice phone, fax phone mailing address,info@blahblah.com,retail price,educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file IN URL FORMAT supported CPU's for binary distributions, OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting, time of meeting, speakers expected Signatures will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcement of Product Sales ============================= This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in the past. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. Time Sensitive Announcements ============================ Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.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 Supersedes: <587851299369@digifix.com> Date: 10 Jan 1997 16:42:13 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <475852914532@digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - ISV company pages - ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com If you would like to get your company and product information on Stepwise, please contact me at sanguish@digifix.com. eduSTEP WWW site ================ http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/ eduStep aims to provide up-to-date information on: - NextStep tools and projects for scientists. - Third-party products interesting for the educational and scientific community (with educational discounts noted, where they exist). - A listing of resellers and shops interested in working with customers in the educational community. - Conferences, meetings, workshops - Major projects, such as SciTools, EMBL's project to develop a NextStep scientific work environment - Status reports on GNUStep, a freely-available implementation of OpenStep now being developed NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site ============================ http://www.next.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups ========================== news:comp.sys.next.advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. news:comp.sys.next.announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Archives are available by ftp at ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Next_Announce_Archives Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. news:comp.sys.next.bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. news:comp.sys.next.hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. news:comp.sys.next.marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. news:comp.sys.next.misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! news:comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. news:comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news:comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. Related Newsgroups ================== news:comp.soft-sys.nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. news:comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news:comp.object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com The ftp sites ============= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org - The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: - (Peanuts) Located in Germany. ftp://ftp.dn.net/pub/next - Peanuts mirror in the US ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl - (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it - (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next - eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: - See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.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 (10.1.97) Date: 10 Jan 1997 20:00:06 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5b6746$s3j@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]): 3779502 Jan 2 22:37 Commercial/developer/apps/JavaPlan.2.0.NIS.b.tar.gz 4167261 Jan 2 22:37 Commercial/developer/resources/classes/LighthouseFrameworks-2.0.tar.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: 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 (17.1.97) Date: 17 Jan 1997 20:00:05 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5bolo5$38s@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: Amy.Yeater@OEinc.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: OPENSTEP Jobs from entry to senior Date: 18 Jan 1997 08:07:21 GMT Organization: Seanet Online Services, Seattle WA Message-ID: <5bq0bp$n7f@news.digifix.com> Object Enterprises Incorporated has employment opportunities for highly skilled object-oriented programmers, WebObjects webmasters and system administrators. Openings are expanding in the Washington DC area and other areas. If you are experienced with OPENSTEP or are looking for entry level opportunities, we may be able to help. Ideal candidates will have some NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP experience. Objective C or UNIX experience is desired as well. Desirable Skills: - Large-scale NEXTSTEP site experience. - Strong knowledge of NEXTSTEP / Objective C - Understanding of EOF 2.0 and its concepts - Java - Good RDBMS skills (Sybase or Oracle preferred) - UNIX skills - Exposure to Windows NT - Web related experience If you are interested, please email resumes to: Resumes@OEinc.com (NeXTMail welcome) or snail mail a copy to: Resumes Object Enterprises Incorporated 2608 Second Avenue Suite 119 Seattle WA 98121-1276 And please visit our website for more information. http://www.oeinc.com/Jobs Thank you for your interest. -- Amy Yeater Object Enterprises Incorporated 2608 Second Avenue Suite 119 Seattle WA 98121-1276 206-217-0891 - PHONE Amy.Yeater@OEinc.com www.oeinc.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 Supersedes: <475852914532@digifix.com> Date: 19 Jan 1997 04:57:55 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <413853649874@digifix.com> Topics include: Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site eduSTEP WWW site NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site comp.sys.next newsgroups related newsgroups comp.sys.next newsgroups mailing list ftp sites NeXTanswers Stepwise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information WWW site =============================================== This online community resource includes - ISV company pages - ISV product descriptions - NEXTSTEP Developer Directory - NEXTSTEP Community WhitePages - Mailing List archives and information You can connect via the world wide web at: http://www.stepwise.com/ Suggestions or comments can be directed to me at sanguish@digifix.com If you would like to get your company and product information on Stepwise, please contact me at sanguish@digifix.com. eduSTEP WWW site ================ http://www.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/eduStep/ eduStep aims to provide up-to-date information on: - NextStep tools and projects for scientists. - Third-party products interesting for the educational and scientific community (with educational discounts noted, where they exist). - A listing of resellers and shops interested in working with customers in the educational community. - Conferences, meetings, workshops - Major projects, such as SciTools, EMBL's project to develop a NextStep scientific work environment - Status reports on GNUStep, a freely-available implementation of OpenStep now being developed NeXT Computer, Inc. WWW site ============================ http://www.next.com comp.sys.next.* newsgroups ========================== news:comp.sys.next.advocacy This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. news:comp.sys.next.announce Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Archives are available by ftp at ftp://ftp.stepwise.com/pub/Next_Announce_Archives Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. news:comp.sys.next.bugs A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT- specific groups as well. news:comp.sys.next.hardware Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. news:comp.sys.next.marketplace NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. news:comp.sys.next.misc For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! news:comp.sys.next.programmer Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. news:comp.sys.next.software This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. news:comp.sys.next.sysadmin Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. Related Newsgroups ================== news:comp.soft-sys.nextstep Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. news:comp.lang.objective-c Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. news:comp.object Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com The ftp sites ============= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org - The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de: - (Peanuts) Located in Germany. ftp://ftp.dn.net/pub/next - Peanuts mirror in the US ftp://terra.stack.urc.tue.nl - (Dutch NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it - (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next - eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: - See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ADMINISTRIVIA: Submission Guidelines for comp.sys.next.announce Supersedes: <476852914536@digifix.com> Date: 19 Jan 1997 04:57:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <414853649878@digifix.com> Cross Posting ============= I try very hard to make sure that postings get out in a timely fashion. Most go out in less than 24 hours. Postings that require editing because they do not contain information in a useable format, or have already been posted to other comp.sys.next.* groups may be delayed, or returned to you. If your posting is rejected, I'll try and make suggestions about what should be changed where possible. Obviously off charter messages (spams, open-letters, etc) may not get a response. Content Guidelines ================== Try to keep submissions short and concise (80-100 lines max). Include full instructions on contacting you (where applicable) All Postings e-mail address, telephone (optional) Press Release toll-free voice phone, toll-free fax, voice phone, fax phone mailing address,info@blahblah.com,retail price,educational price availability Software available ftp site full path to file IN URL FORMAT supported CPU's for binary distributions, OS version requirements Meeting Announcements location of meeting, time of meeting, speakers expected Signatures will be deleted automatically, so please don't rely on your .sig for the contact information Please double check all information you are posting for accuracy. If you are announcing software available by FTP, make sure the copy on the archive site is good. Announcement of Product Sales ============================= This is an area of announcement that has caused me terrible grief in the past. The policy is tilted towards the ISV, which has worked out well in the past. Posts that announce sales of products that you are DIRECTLY involved in the development of are OK. Posts from companies trying to sell other products are evaluated on an individual basis. Time Sensitive Announcements ============================ Many times an announcement should coincide with a specific date. Unfortunately, that can be the worst time for you to get access to your internet connection to send the announcements to comp.sys.next.announce. In order to make comp.sys.next.announce as timely as possible, I will accept "post-dated" announcements for release on a specific future date. All information will be kept confidential until the requested release date, and NDAs will be signed where required to ensure this. Hopefully this will make these announcements arrive at users sites as quickly as if you posted them directly to comp.sys.next.whatever. Submissions can be sent to next-announce@digifix.com. Questions and comments to next-announce-request@digifix.com
From: Nicole Overson <Nicole_Overson@next.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Apple Support of NeXT's Products Date: 21 Jan 1997 21:06:58 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5c3b5i$giv@news.digifix.com> Dear NeXT Customer: As you know, Apple is in the process of acquiring NeXT Software, Inc. NeXT Software is in the business of providing application development tools and solutions for enterprises who build client/server, Internet, and intranet-based applications. This letter is to welcome you to becoming a customer of Apple, and to reassure you regarding our intentions to continue to support you. Much of the press surrounding this announcement has focused on its relevance for existing Apple customers. But at the same time, we're firmly committed to you and to NeXT's enterprise solutions. I want to assure you that your continued business with us is important. We intend to continue to offer these product lines and services to you and to other enterprise customers. Specifically, I want to address questions that NeXT customers, the press, and analysts have had about the effect the acquisition will have on the product plans for the WebObjects product line, OpenStep Enterprise, and NeXT's cross-platform support. WebObjects. We will continue to develop and enhance WebObjects Enterprise and WebObjects Pro in the future. In addition, we plan to continue selling WebObjects to current and future customers in markets where it is being sold now, with the same sales and support resources. Over time, we'll work to tie WebObjects closer to Apple Technologies, incorporating Apple's unique platform offerings. Lastly, we look forward to WebObjects running on Power Macintosh as well. OpenStep Enterprise. We are also committed to continue the development of OpenStep Enterprise and OpenStep Developer, and to enhance them over time. One example is the developer API documentation, which we plan to update and improve. We plan to continue selling OpenStep Enterprise to current and future customers in markets where it is being sold now, with the same sales and support resources. Finally, the OpenStep API and development tools will be a core component of Rhapsody the code name for Apple's next generation operating system. This will increase the installed base of OpenStep many times over, helping ensure its acceptance as a viable and popular development environment. Cross Platform Support. Apple will maintain NeXT's commitment to cross-platform and cross-processor support, and will continue to develop, sell, and support products currently available, including those for Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX, and NEXTSTEP. In addition, we plan to add support with Rhapsody on PowerPC processors. Cross platform support for WebObjects and OpenStep aligns perfectly with Apple's overall strategy of moving core software technologies such as QuickTime cross platform. We firmly believe that Apple's acquisition of NeXT will increase the market acceptance for the NeXT technology in which you've invested time, resources, and money. Apple is firmly committed to enhancing, selling, and supporting this technology in the future, and to providing NeXT customers with innovative technology for cross-platform development of mission-critical, enterprise solutions. Thank you and best regards, Dr. Gil Amelio Chief Executive Officer Apple Computer, Inc.
From: Alastair Thomson <alastair@csarc.otago.ac.nz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Manager University of Otago Computer Science Applied Research Centre Date: 23 Jan 1997 04:40:08 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5c6q38$2ih@news.digifix.com> University of Otago Manager - Computer Science Applied Research Centre Applications are invited for the position of Manager of the Computer Science Applied research Centre (the Black Albatross). The manager provides technical leadership of the six programmers employed in the Centre, interfaces with all major clients, and applies the research skills held in the Department of Computer Science to external clients. The successful applicant is likely to have substantial experience with object-oriented programming, with applications that run on the Internet, with secure servers for the Web, with Nextstep and Openstep software, and in management of technical staff. An industry competitive salary package will be negotiated. Longer term or short term initial contracts can be considered. Enquires can be made to the Director of the Centre, Professor B G Cox, (bgcox@otago.ac.nz), phone +64-3-479-8579, fax +64-3-479-8529, or by visiting our web page http://www.csarc.otago.ac.nz:800/ Applications in the form described in the information for candidates close with Professor Cox on 31 January 1997. Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. E tautoko ana Te Whare Wananga o Otago i te kaupapa whakaorite whiwhinga mahi.
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: sendmail 8.8.5 Date: 24 Jan 1997 04:38:57 GMT Organization: Posted via CAIS Internet <info@cais.com> Message-ID: <5c9ed1$d8m@news.digifix.com> sendmail 8.8.5 addresses critical security problems in 8.8.4 and adds additional enhancements. See CERT advisory @ http://www.cert.org for more information. 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. To obtain a copy of my distribution: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/sendmail-8.8.5.NIHS.bd.ta r.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-8.8.5.NIHS.bd.tar.gz 32715 1509 To unpack the distribution: % gnutar xvpzf sendmail-8.8.5.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 / Rhapsody Consultant Robert_La_Ferla@hot.com -- Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP/Rhapsody Consultant HTI Boston, MA - Washington, DC + 1 (617) 252-0088
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 (24.1.97) Date: 24 Jan 1997 20:00:04 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5cb4c4$al9@arcadia.informatik.uni-muenchen.de> On the Peanuts NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP archive the following files are new since last week (ftp://peanuts.leo.org/next, [129.187.249.15]): 577901 Jan 23 17:57 Text/apps/PDFViewer.1.14beta.NIHS.b.tar.gz 3614 Jan 23 18:04 Text/apps/PDFViewer.README 0 Jan 24 12:14 PEANUTS.sd2a 0 Jan 24 14:01 Commercial/PEANUTS.sd2b 403294 Jan 18 20:16 Developer/languages/java/guavac.0.2.5.s.tar.gz 1387552 Jan 13 12:21 Developer/languages/java/kaffe.0.7.0.I.b.tar.gz 2263 Jan 18 18:55 Developer/languages/java/kaffe.0.7.0.README 257221 Jan 18 19:30 Developer/languages/java/kaffe.0.7.0.s.tar.gz 705 Jan 16 03:52 Graphics/library/loginpanels/login_bears-merge.README 212447 Jan 16 13:14 Graphics/library/loginpanels/login_bears-merge.tar.gz Our mirror-sites are: USA: ftp://ftp.evolution.com/pub/ Germany: ftp://ftp.mb3.tu-chemnitz.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-hamburg.de/, ftp://ftp.uni-siegen.de/ France: ftp://ftp.fdn.fr/, ftp://ftp.fdn.org/ Switzerland: ftp://ftp.eunet.ch/ UUCP (Germany) wburg.hanse.de (Tel. ++49-40-307 89 06) Mailbox (Germany) (Tel. ++49-8803-61111, ISDN ++49-8803-62149). Peanuts is also available on CD-ROM. The latest issue is from december 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: takis@superior.eng.ohio-state.edu (Panagiotis Velissariou) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION : WWW Tools Date: 25 Jan 1997 04:15:39 GMT Organization: eNET Inc. - Internet Service Provider Message-ID: <5cc1db$mon@news.digifix.com> Hi, I have submitted the following in the archives : 1) Analog 1.93 (the Log analysis tool for HTTPD servers) compiled quad FAT for NeXT. The program can be found at : ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/Analog.1.93.NIHS.bs.tar .gz Please read the file : ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/Analog.1.93.NIHS.README for more details. 2) wwwcount.2.3 (Web Counter for your Web pages) compiled quad FAT for NeXT. The program can be found at : ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/wwwcount.2.3.NIHS.bs.ta r.gz Please read the file : ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/wwwcount.2.3.NIHS.READM E for more details. 3) counter_digits (extra digit gifs to use with wwwcount.2.3) . The file can be found at : ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/counter_digits.tar.gz Please read the file : ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/counter_digits.README for more details. Thanks -- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ Panagiotis Velissariou _/ _/ The Ohio State University _/ _/ Department of Civil, Graphics & Environmental Engineering _/ _/ E-mail: takis@superior.eng.ohio-state.edu _/ _/ pvelissa@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu _/ _/ takis@takis2.ee.net _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
From: Mike Gabrys <Mike_Gabrys@bang.org> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: BANG General Meeting: Thursday January 23rd, 7:00pm Date: 20 Jan 1997 07:36:46 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5bv7ae$26k@news.digifix.com> **** ANNOUNCEMENT **** Bay Area NeXT Group Meeting When: Thursday, January 23, 7:00 PM Where: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Auditorium 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA SPECIAL MEETING: Welcome Mac Users! Developers and users from the Apple community are invited to join the renewed NeXT family in attending the regularly scheduled monthly meeting of the Bay Area NeXT Group, to be held Thursday, January 23, 1997, at 7:00 PM, at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Auditorium, at 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, California. Topic: [Almost] Everything You Always Wanted to Know about NEXTSTEP! With a strong sense of merger optimism from both the Apple and NeXT communities, BANG has decidedly dedicated the January 1997 monthly meeting to providing a overview of NEXTSTEP/OpenStep, the advanced operating system and core technology that motivated Apple's acquisition of NeXT Software, Inc. as the basis of its future Macintosh Operating System solution. Representatives of NeXT have been asked to provide an informational presentation and demonstration of NEXTSTEP. Space is expected to be limited, so we are requesting that you RSVP by sending email to: <wendy@bang.org> with your name (and -optional- email address) to assist us in anticipating the number of attendees for this very special meeting. An overview of the merger will be detailed, with a comprehensive introduction to NeXT's technology, and the historic decisions which created the superior operating system, development tool set, user environment, platform-independent portability, major Web and enterprise solutions. Details of future OS decisions may be provided. Since the merger, the devoted Macintosh community has been surprised to discover how significant the NeXT productivity environment is. Here is an opportunity to learn about future Apple technology from those who know it best. Empower yourself by getting an informed start toward your computing future. Learn why MACH and Display PostScript are your friends! Speakers will be announced on the BANG Web page and Usenet newsgroups. Stay Tuned! Meeting Format: We will have announcements, technical questions and answers, demo / presentation, and a review of developments at MacWorld Expo SF 1997. After the meeting, join us at a nearby restaurant (Palo Alto or Menlo Park). See you there! Contact: wendy@bang.org [for Jan. 23 meeting] -- PLEASE RSVP. info@bang.org http://www.bang.org/ (415) 487-6237 Directions: Stanford Linear Accelerator Center is much easier to reach from 280. FROM 280: Take 280 toward Palo Alto. Take the Sand Hill Road exit (east). Follow Sand Hill over a small hill, about one mile. The SLAC entrance will be on your right at 2575 Sand Hill Road. Look for directions to the Auditorium at the guard office at the entrance. FROM 101: Take 101 toward Palo Alto. Take the Embarcadero Road exit (west). Continue on Embarcadero a few miles, cross El Camino Real onto the Stanford campus. The road forks about a block later, take the right fork; you are now on Arboretum Rd. Follow Arboretum across Palm Drive and through the Stanford Shopping Center. Turn left onto Sand Hill Road. Follow Sand Hill Road for a few miles, crossing Foothill Expressway/Alameda de las Puelguas (street has two names) and passing a Shell station on your right. The SLAC entrance is at a light on your left. Look for directions to the Auditorium at the guard office at the entrance.
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group February meeting Date: 27 Jan 1997 08:31:02 GMT Organization: INDIVIDUAL NETWORK BERLIN Message-ID: <5chp46$eml@news.digifix.com> **** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT **** Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) February meeting ================================================== The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its next meeting on Monday, February 3, 1997, at 8:00 p.m. (MET) in the "Institut fuer Energietechnik" of the Technical University Berlin in Room KT 101 (1st floor), Marchst. 18, D-10587 Berlin, Germany. Topic we will address this time: o SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT UNDER NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP (3): Introduction to the ApplicationKit: Windows, Panels, Buttons, Events (3rd part in a series of bi-monthly lectures on programming under NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP we project) (There will be time to discuss the lastes and greatest news about the NeXT-Apple merger, too.) The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. "newbies" or people seeking for more first hand information before they further engage with NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP (especially Mac users!), are very welcome, too. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at the nearby "Cafe' Campus". Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann gerald@kurt.in-berlin.de (NeXTmail welcome) or Ingmar Camphausen ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de (NeXTmail welcome) BeNG: e-mail beng@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de (mailinglist!) WWW http://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/~beng FTP ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT How to get there: We recommend coming by bicycle or using the public transport (BVG): You can either take the underground line U2 or bus 145 or bus X9 and leave at 'Ernst-Reuter-Platz' (+ 400 m walking), or you choose bus 245 up to Ernst-Reuter-Platz/Marchst. (+ 200 m walking). The nearest rapid transit ("S-Bahn") station is "Tiergarten" (~1000 m/ ~10 min walking distance); you get there via the rapid transit lines S3, S5, S7 or S75. There is a limited number of parking lots near the building, too. If you approach from the roundabout traffic Ernst-Reuter-Platz, you have to take the Marchst. exit. About 200 m into the Marchst., right after a blue building and the drive to a parking lot on the right hand side, there is the "Institut fuer Energietechnik". The entrance to the building is on the left hand side behind the gate at the end of the parking lot. (Watch out for the NeXT-logo-like 'BeNG' signs and follow them to the meeting room! :-) All those of you familiar with the geography of Berlin (Germany) can take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via the StadtINFO online city map under the URL http://www.kulturbox.de/cgi-bin/k/pixelinfo?PQ=m11&X=96&Y=381&TEXT=BeNG%21 (The "Institut fuer Energietechnik" is marked with a red circle.) . . . The subsequent meeting is scheduled for March 3, 1997. We plan to show how to integrate a Windows95 system into a NEXTSTEP network using "Samba". --- BeNG --- WHO WE ARE --- The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT resp. NEXTSTEP enthusiasts. Our participants may be reached via our mailing list. Of course, we are present in the WorldWideWeb, too. We also manage the NeXT/NEXTSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin. mailing list mailto:beng@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de WWW http://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/~beng FTP ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list.
From: WELKERH@aol.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: JOB: Next Development in MI Date: 27 Jan 1997 08:31:56 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5chp5s$eou@news.digifix.com> WE ARE: CIBER, Inc. (Consultants in Business, Engineering and Research), founded in 1974, now a publicly owned company. CIBER continues to be one of the most innovative and respected consulting companies in the services business. CIBER focuses on developing long-term relationships with our clients and we provide a full range of services to accomplish this, including; facilities management, software development/maintenance, technical/systems support, systems analysis/design, and technical training/education. CIBER also provides a career environment for its consultants, which includes: Field Management, a Full Line of Benefits (described below) and a relationship which promotes growth from within. We achieve this with client satisfaction and employee satisfaction through a high standard of professionalism and the technical competence of our employees, living up to our philosophy of "An Ethic of Excellence". PROGRAMMER/ANALYSTS - Contract position for 6 months with an option to hire by the Client. The client is located in the Northeast Suburbs of Detroit. Job duties include: -Interacting with users to develop system requirements. -Design. implementation and coding of new modules and systems. -Design, implementation and coding of low- and mid-level object libraries. Requirements: -Extensive experience programming computers. -Extensive experience programming in the C language in Unix environment. Desirable attributes, in approximate order of importance: -Extensive experience in object-oriented design & programming. -Experience programming for the NeXT platform. -Extensive experience programming in C++ language. -Experience programming in Objective-C language. -Experience using or knowledge of standard algorithms such as quicksort, b-trees, hash functions, etc. -Experience programming for the Unix operating system. -Experience using the Sybase SQL database server. -Experience using SQL database server. -Experience programming in the Postscript language. WE OFFER: A variety of challenging work assignments as a full-time, permanent employee of CIBER, Inc; Competitive salaries and benefits, including: Internal Education, Paid Overtime, Health, Dental, Optical, Short/Long Term Disability and Life Insurance, Two Weeks Vacation, Plus Six Standard Holidays, Plus Five additional Client Holidays, Tuition Reimbursement, 401K Tax Sheltered Savings Plan (Plus Matching Funds), Stock Purchase Plan, and Relocation Assistance. If you are interested in joining the CIBER team, please call or send your resume in confidence to: Henry A. Welker, Human Resources E-mail: welkerh@aol.com CIBER, Inc.Weekdays: 800 800-0271 4 Parklane Blvd, Ste 323 313 271-1221 Dearborn, MI 48126-2660 Fax: 313 271-3416 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F xciberx
From: Ingmar Camphausen <ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group February meeting Date: 26 Jan 1997 23:05:51 GMT Organization: INDIVIDUAL NETWORK BERLIN Message-ID: <5cgo0f$b75@news.digifix.com> **** MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT **** Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) February meeting ================================================== The BeNG (Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group) will be holding its next meeting on Monday, February 3, 1997, at 8:00 p.m. (MET) in the "Institut fuer Energietechnik" of the Technical University Berlin in Room KT 101 (1st floor), Marchst. 18, D-10587 Berlin, Germany. Topic we will address this time: o SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT UNDER NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP (3): Introduction to the ApplicationKit: Windows, Panels, Buttons, Events (3rd part in a series of bi-monthly lectures on programming under NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP we project) (There will be time to discuss the lastes and greatest news about the NeXT-Apple merger, too.) The meeting is open to anyone who is interested in NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. "newbies" or people seeking for more first hand information before they further engage with NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP (especially Mac users!), are very welcome, too. After the program, join us for a snack and/or drink at the nearby "Cafe' Campus". Looking forward to seeing you at the meeting! Contact: Gerald Erdmann gerald@kurt.in-berlin.de (NeXTmail welcome) or Ingmar Camphausen ingmar@aurora.in-berlin.de (NeXTmail welcome) BeNG: e-mail beng@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de (mailinglist!) WWW http://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/~beng FTP ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT How to get there: We recommend coming by bicycle or using the public transport (BVG): You can either take the underground line U2 or bus 145 or bus X9 and leave at 'Ernst-Reuter-Platz' (+ 400 m walking), or you choose bus 245 up to Ernst-Reuter-Platz/Marchst. (+ 200 m walking). The nearest rapid transit ("S-Bahn") station is "Tiergarten" (~1000 m/ ~10 min walking distance); you get there via the rapid transit lines S3, S5, S7 or S75. There is a limited number of parking lots near the building, too. If you approach from the roundabout traffic Ernst-Reuter-Platz, you have to take the Marchst. exit. About 200 m into the Marchst., right after a blue building and the drive to a parking lot on the right hand side, there is the "Institut fuer Energietechnik". The entrance to the building is on the left hand side behind the gate at the end of the parking lot. (Watch out for the NeXT-logo-like 'BeNG' signs and follow them to the meeting room! :-) All those of you familiar with the geography of Berlin (Germany) can take a look at a map of the meeting location and its environment via the StadtINFO online city map under the URL http://www.kulturbox.de/cgi-bin/k/pixelinfo?PQ=m11&X=96&Y=381&TEXT=BeNG%21 (The "Institut fuer Energietechnik" is marked with a red circle.) . . . The subsequent meeting is scheduled for March 3, 1997. We plan to show how to integrate a Windows95 system into a NEXTSTEP network using "Samba". --- BeNG --- WHO WE ARE --- The Berlin NEXTSTEP User Group (BeNG) exists since 1990 and is a loose "aggregation" of NeXT resp. NEXTSTEP enthusiasts. Our participants may be reached via our mailing list. Of course, we are present in the WorldWideWeb, too. We also manage the NeXT/NEXTSTEP FTP archive at the Technical University (TU) Berlin. mailing list mailto:beng@buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de WWW http://buran.fb10.tu-berlin.de/~beng FTP ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT We meet the first Monday each month at 8:00 p.m. (If this coincides with a holiday, the meeting takes place the subsequent week.) We usually have a lecture or presentation; respective suggestions or offers are very welcome and should be directed to our mailing list.
From: wsi@spacelab.net (WSI Nationwide) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: US-NY-212-Nextstep,Objective-C/C++-salaried-WSI Date: 28 Jan 1997 22:21:50 GMT Organization: WSI Nationwide Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5clu5u$1eb@news.digifix.com> - - -------(All fees are paid by our client companies and all projects are on-site at the locations listed below- no telecommuting and no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please)----------- I have been asked to identify a Nextstep developer candidate with strong Nextstep or Openstep experience with for an expanding Wall Street Nextstep development project also using Objective-C, UNIX/C, Sybase, MS-Windows NT and C++ in New York City with no starting salary initially defined, your asking salary will be submitted, after your approval. This company pays great bonuses and has the fringe benefits you would expect from a world leader. If you know someone who might qualify (no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please) or is coming to the NYC/NJ/CT/PA area, e-mail a straight ascii text file/resume to Jay L. (and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to wsi@spacelab.net, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) - - ------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA. xwsix
From: wsi@spacelab.net (WSI Nationwide) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,comp.soft-sys.nextstep Subject: US-NY-212-Nextstep,Objective-C/C++-contract-WSI Date: 28 Jan 1997 22:21:47 GMT Organization: WSI Nationwide Distribution: inet Message-ID: <5clu5r$1ea@news.digifix.com> - - -------(All fees are paid by our client companies and all projects are on-site at the locations listed below- no telecommuting and no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please)----------- I have been asked to identify an independent consultant with strong Nextstep or Openstep experience with for a long term Wall Street development project also using Objective-C, UNIX/C, Sybase, MS-Windows NT and C++ in New York City with no starting rate initially defined, your asking rate will be submitted, after your approval. If you know someone who might qualify (no 3rd party referrals or agencies, please) or is coming to the NYC/NJ/CT/PA area, e-mail a straight ascii text file/resume to Jay L. (and please do not return a copy of this announcement with your response) to wsi@spacelab.net, fax to 212-534-3724 or call 212-410-1400. (To insure formatting & print quality, please also mail a copy to me at WSI, 1619 Third Avenue, Box #6415, New York, NY 10128-0004) When resumes are received, the candidate is contacted if there is a match, the situation is thoroughly described and the candidate tells us how they would like us to proceed. No information leaves our office without prior approval. (This makes for long term relationships, which we encourage) - - ------------------------------------------------------- WSI is a "specialty" recruiting organization with over twenty years experience and fees paid by our selected client companies, freeing our hands to find top level candidates for "better" projects all over the USA. xwsix
From: brianm@datacom1.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce,misc.jobs.offered Subject: JOB: London (UK) - NeXT/Sybase/ObjC - New Project - Full-Time or Contract Date: 28 Jan 1997 22:20:29 GMT Organization: Datacom Technology Group Inc Message-ID: <5clu3d$1e9@news.digifix.com> Major International Corporation based in London is looking for experienced NeXT developers. Candidates must have a strong NeXTSTEP (2+ years) development background coupled with 2/3 years C/C++/ObjC & Sybase skills. Responsible for development of a large scale system, and developing a pilot project using OpenStep/WinNT, WebObjects, and OO Tools. Full-Time or Contract (6 month minimum). CONTACT: Brian Mitchell Datacom Technology Group Inc 212-629-5720 (ext.221) 212-629-3374(FAX) brianm@datacom1.com
From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: MetroWorks to Acquire Latitude Porting Technology Date: 29 Jan 1997 05:51:49 GMT Organization: Metrowerks Message-ID: <5cmohl$46t@news.digifix.com> METROWERKS TO ACQUIRE LATITUDE PORTING TECHNOLOGY CodeWarrior(R) To Be Hosted On Sun Microsystems(R)' Solaris(TM)-based UNIX(R) Workstations AUSTIN, Texas--January 27, 1997--Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced that it had signed a letter of intention to acquire the principle assets of The Latitude Group, Inc., of Mountain View, Calif. Latitude's principle assets include a porting library which allows Mac(TM) OS applications to be ported to UNIX-hosted operating systems, including Sun Microsystems' Solaris 2.3+, Silicon Graphics(R)' IRIX(TM) 5.2+ and Hewlett-Packard(R)'s HP-UX(R) 9.03+. The Latitude porting libraries redirect Mac OS commands to the target operating system, with a UNIX library containing a portable implementation of the Mac OS API at its core. Metrowerks will also take over providing the Latitude porting technology to The Latitude Group, Inc.'s existing clients already under contract. Metrowerks intends to use the Latitude porting library to port CodeWarrior to run on Sun Microsystems' Solaris-based UNIX workstations in order to offer this platform as a host for embedded systems development. Sun's Solaris-based UNIX workstations are widely used by embedded systems programmers worldwide. The Latitude porting libraries will be incorporated in a new product, CodeWarrior Latitude. CodeWarrior Latitude will continue to support the UNIX-hosted operating systems outlined above. Metrowerks also plans to extend CodeWarrior Latitude to enable the port of Mac OS applications to run on Rhapsody, Apple's Next Generation OS. This will allow Metrowerks' existing clients to more easily port their existing applications to Rhapsody. As part of the agreement between Metrowerks and The Latitude Group, Inc., David Hempling, president and CEO of The Latitude Group, Inc., will join Metrowerks as the technical lead for CodeWarrior Latitude. Mr. Hempling was a co-founder of Quorum Software Systems Inc., which created Latitude. "The Latitude porting technology offers Metrowerks a great opportunity to move CodeWarrior to UNIX," said Jean Belanger, chairman and chief executive officer. "By offering embedded systems versions of CodeWarrior on Windows, Mac OS and, now, UNIX, our embedded story will be more compelling than ever. Implementing support for Rhapsody in CodeWarrior Latitude will allow Mac OS developers to move their applications to Apple's Next Generation OS much faster than would otherwise be the case." Pricing and Availability Metrowerks plans to ship CodeWarrior Latitude in the summer of 1997. CodeWarrior Latitude will include all available targets in one library package and will sell for $399. UNIX-hosted versions of CodeWarrior for embedded development will be available in late 1997. About Metrowerks Founded in 1985, Metrowerks develops, markets and supports a complete line of programming tools for building applications for a number of operating systems intended for use on desktop computers or embedded systems, including Mac(TM) OS, Windows(R) 95, Windows NT(TM), PlayStation(TM) OS, BeOS(TM) and Palm OS(TM), running on a number of microprocessors including 68K, PowerPC(TM), MIPS(TM) and x86 microprocessors. Metrowerks' CodeWarrior products are used by over 65,000 registered users in 70 countries. Additional information on Metrowerks and its products is available via e-mail at "info@metrowerks.com", from our web site at "http://www.metrowerks.com", or by calling (800) 377-5416 or (512) 873-4700. ### Metrowerks, the Metrowerks logo and CodeWarrior are registered trademarks of Metrowerks Inc. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks, and Mac is a trademark, of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows and WindowsNT are registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and other countries. All other company and product names may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies/holders, and are hereby recognized. Statements in this press release regarding CodeWarrior Latitude are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including successful and timely development of CodeWarrior Latitude and customer acceptance of the product. -- METROWERKS Ron Liechty "Software at Work" MWRon@metrowerks.com http://www.metrowerks.com/about/people/rogues.html#mwron
From: Christian Starkjohann <cs@hal.kph.tuwien.ac.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: rumba version 0.2 Date: 30 Jan 1997 04:13:27 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5cp757$d41@news.digifix.com> This is the first public release of rumba. If you want a short description of what rumba can do for you: you can mount volumes exported by Windows or related operating systems on your Unix machine. For a more detailed description I will quote from the README file: What does rumba do? =================== If you know smbfs for Linux: rumba is roughly the same. It is derived from smbfs, but runs as a user level program, not in the kernel. If you know samba: rumba is roughly the opposite: a client for the Lanmanager protocol. If you know neither of these: rumba lets you mount drives exported by Windows (f.Workgroups/95/NT), Lan Manager, OS/2 etc. on Unix machines. Does rumba run on my machine? ============================= Currently, rumba can be compiled for: - NEXTSTEP 3.X and 4.X (tested for i386 and m68k architectures) - Linux It should be relatively easy to port rumba to other Unix-like operating systems (see "How do I port rumba to XXX?" [in the README]) Copyright: ========== rumba is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (version 2). For more information please read the README file. Version 0.2 of rumba is now available form the following URLs (Note: this is slightly different from what the README says): ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/comp/platforms/next/Unix/network/filetransfer/ ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/ or wherever it will move to. In these directories you can find the files: rumba.0.2.s.gnutar.gz the sourcecode of rumba rumba.0.2.NI.b.gnutar.gz fat binary for Intel and Motorola CPUs rumba.0.2.README the README file -- 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: Daniel Green <dang@cmg.FCNBD.COM> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: COSGiL meeting Wednesday February 12th - Apple/NeXT Update Date: 30 Jan 1997 22:35:18 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5cr7n6$k1k@news.digifix.com> COSGiL, The downtown Chicago OpenStep Group in the Loop, a NEXTSTEP/OpenStep User Group, is having a meeting at First Chicago NBD on Wednesday, February 12th, 1997. NeXT Software, now joined with Apple Computer, will be talking about the Apple Computer / NeXT Software merger, including product positioning, timeframes. and the OPENSTEP/WebObjects Enterprise Development Environments. As usual, we'll cover the latest and greatest OpenStep and Rhapsody info and rumors. Post-meeting discussion and activities begin promptly after 8:00pm at the Berghoff pub, 17 W. Adams Street. WHERE: First Chicago NBD Corporation One First National Plaza 18th floor Conference Room (Dearborn Street Side) Chicago, Illinois WHEN: Wednesday, February 12th, 1997 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM WHAT: Apple / NeXT Update CONTACT: Robert Beaty First Chicago NBD Corporation <drbob@cmg.fcnbd.com> (312)732-3087
From: Paul Lynch <Paul_Lynch@seer.demon.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Mesa 2 for NeXTSTEP, end of Beta period Date: 31 Jan 1997 04:16:29 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <5crrmt$m7b@news.digifix.com> Thanks to all those people who have participated in the beta programme for Mesa 2. Without your assistance, the product would be much poorer. Thanks in particular to those who have complimented us on the new user interface design. We thought and hoped that we had made a significant improvement, and you have told us that we have succeeded much more than we had hoped. THE CURRENT BETA VERSION EXPIRES ON JANUARY 31. A new version is on our site at: ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/Products/Mesa2/Mesa2.Beta.tar.gz This version does not expire until March 1st. It will be the final beta release of Mesa 2, although we still welcome your comments and suggestions. We are in the final stages of preparing the release packages for Mesa 2, and will make a further announcement when they are ready. Those of you who have preordered your upgrades will receive new license codes in the next few days. Upgrades are available to all users for $50 per license. I'll also try to sneak in an announcement for Mesa 2.1. This will run on OpenStep (spelt R-h-a-p-s-o-d-y), and will include, amongst others, the following new features: - multiple sheet "workbook" format - Excel 7 Import/Export - EOF database access Mesa 2.1 will be a free upgrade for all Mesa 2.0 customers. Paul --- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
From: paul@plsys.co.uk (Paul Lynch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: MacWorld Show Report Date: 31 Jan 1997 04:19:12 GMT Organization: P & L Systems Message-ID: <5crrs0$m7f@news.digifix.com> I habitually wrote a report from NeXTWorld Expo, mainly for the benefit of the uk-nextstep-users mailing list, who aren't all fortunate enough to get to San Francisco. I have continued this habit for the MacWorld event. In case you aren't used to the style, there is a certain English dry irreverence involved, which isn't to everyone's taste. You can find the report from my home page: http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul. Other pages of general NeXT User interest are at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/, with a Merger news page at http://www.plsys.co.uk/plsys/merger.html. Paul -- Paul Lynch (NeXTmail) http://www.plsys.co.uk/~paul
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 (31.1.97) Date: 31 Jan 1997 20:00:07 GMT Organization: Institut fuer Informatik der Universitaet Muenchen Message-ID: <5ctj07$e5c@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]): 720 Jan 25 19:43 Network/programs/www/Analog.1.93.NIHS.README 793597 Jan 25 19:43 Network/programs/www/Analog.1.93.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 2079078 Jan 27 17:55 Tools/calendars/Chronographer.0.86.NIHS.b.tar.gz 8779 Jan 27 17:57 Tools/calendars/Chronographer.0.86.README 8443922 Jan 24 07:25 Commercial/graphics/presentation/Concurrence.2.77.NIHS.b.tar.gz 577901 Jan 23 17:57 Text/apps/PDFViewer.1.14beta.NIHS.b.tar.gz 3614 Jan 23 18:04 Text/apps/PDFViewer.README 0 Jan 24 12:14 PEANUTS.sd2a 0 Jan 24 14:01 Commercial/PEANUTS.sd2b 770091 Jan 25 19:49 Network/filetransfer/Yftp.0.9644.NIHS.b.tar.gz 19544 Jan 25 19:49 Network/filetransfer/Yftp.0.9644.README 1302 Jan 28 20:38 OpenStep/developer/programs/class-dump.2.0.README 50665 Jan 28 20:38 OpenStep/developer/programs/class-dump.2.0.m.NIS.bs.tar.gz 69423 Jan 25 19:39 Network/programs/filetransfer/rumba.0.2.NI.b.gnutar.gz 9297 Jan 25 19:39 Network/programs/filetransfer/rumba.0.2.README 67936 Jan 25 19:39 Network/programs/filetransfer/rumba.0.2.s.gnutar.gz 1545007 Jan 25 19:46 Mail/programs/sendmail/sendmail-8.8.5.NIHS.bd.tar.gz 3880 Jan 25 19:47 Mail/programs/sendmail/sendmail.8.8.5.README 324179 Jan 22 22:39 Network/programs/www/wwwcount.2.3.NIHS.bs.tar.gz 3776 Jan 22 22:39 Network/programs/www/wwwcount.2.3.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 199e. Please write to cdrom@peanuts.leo.org for details. Your Peanuts Admins (peanuts-admin@peanuts.leo.org)
From: support@Radical.Com (Radical Product Support) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce Subject: SUBMISSION: RadicalNews.0.8.10 Date: 31 Jan 1997 22:49:16 GMT Organization: Radical System Solutions, Inc. Message-ID: <5ctstc$f1@news.digifix.com> January 31, 1997 - Anaheim Hills, California. Radical System Solutions, a long-time provider of object oriented expertise to the professional market, is proud to release the latest free beta version of its commercial newsreader, RadicalNews. RadicalNews is an advanced object-oriented newsreader, designed for the discriminating NEXTSTEP marketplace. This release provides some new features along with several bug fixes. For more information see the README file or visit our web site. RadicalNews is built quad-fat, running on Motorola, Intel, Sparc, and HP platforms with NEXTSTEP 3.2 or later. (NEXTSTEP 3.0/3.1 will work, but are not supported.) The J version requires NEXTSTEP-J. The beta version is free, and will run until March 1, 1997. After the beta period, a license may be purchased. The beta version may be available via anonymous ftp at: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/submissions/RadicalNewsJ.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/RadicalNewsJ.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/submissions/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.README RadicalNews should eventually move to: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/demos/news/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/demos/news/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/demos/news/RadicalNewsJ.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/Network/news/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/Network/news/RadicalNewsJ.0.8.10.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://peanuts.leo.org/pub/next/Network/news/RadicalNews.0.8.10.NIHS.README Our web site will have updated information and links to the most current version: http://www.radical.com/ For further information, contact: Radical System Solutions, Inc. mailto:RadicalNews@Radical.Com
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Marcel Waldvogel and Netfuture.ch.