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Subject: NEW PRODUCT: Bimonthly CD-ROM NeWS For The NeXT Computer

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


NEW PRODUCT : Bimonthly CD-ROM's For The NeXT Computer

Toronto, Canada - Feb 22 1993 : JANA Publishing has officially launched the
"CD-ROM NeWS For The NeXT Computer" as of February 22, 1993, after a long beta
testing with over 250 subscribers.

This CD-ROM project was started so NeXT users without FTP or Net access can
get NeXT related software. Thanks for a lot of feedback's from NeXT users this
venture will not be just another software collection on CD. Plans are on the
way to support other platforms and to produce a multimedia type of magazine
for NeXT. Also the prices have been lowered.

These CD's contain hundreds of megabytes of NeXT related software including
software from the archives, demos of commercial software, fonts, source codes,
objects and any other interesting NeXT related stuff.

CD-ROM NeWS will be published 6 times a year. The cost of the subscription is
US$59.95 (six CD's) for one year and US$99.95(twelve CD's) for two years.
Residents who live out side of US & Canada have to pay $20/year extra to cover
the postage costs.

This venture is operated as a "not for big profit" business. "Not for big
profit" is between a profitable venture and a non-profit venture. People who
are working on these CD's are getting paid but it's peanuts.  By doing this
the cost of one CD is less then 10 dollars or you are getting 12 CD's for the
price of one CD some other vendors are charging and on every issue you get
newer software. These have been the major reason for brining down the price of
the subscription from $99.95 (Our ad in NWExtra) to $59.95, Also we are not
into this for making huge profits out of NeXT user's pockets.

Also we are working on a plan to give a part of the of the profits to major
FTP sites that holds the NeXT related software. To encourage software ports to
NeXT we hope to sponsor best software events with cash prices.

Support for NeXTSTEP/040 will continue and when NeXTSTEP/Intel is released it
will be  supported. Also software for other UNIX system  will be available on
the CD-ROM mostly in C source forms. This will allow NeXT users to port
software's from various platforms to NeXT.

Starting from the 3rd issue you will not just get software but a multimedia
news magazine with the CD. During the NeXT World Expo this year we hope to
show this. For the first time there will be a news magazine for NeXT where the
news will be on the form text, animation, video and audio. You can see a
software running on the screen and here the reviewer's voice on the speaker.
This multimedia magazine being just an extension on the CD, the subscriber
will continue to get all the great software that is included in each issue.

CD-ROM NeWS can be ordered  by E-Mailing your address and phone number to
"tamil@qucdn.queensu.ca" or by calling the phone numbers listed below. The
first issue will be shipped to you and you will be billed.

To maintain a low price we need the help of NeXT users in marketing this
magazine. If you are in charge of a NUG then please contact us for  NUG
discounts. Also we are looking for retailer / agents in US, Canada, Europe and
Asia. If you know any other NeXT users please let them know about this
project. If you feel you can help us in any way please contact me. Thanks

Jay N.Janarthanan Publisher

Phone : (416)-531-2311 Fax   : (416)-922-5597 WATS  : (800)-363-2083

NeXT, NeXTSTEP and NeXTSTEP/Intel are trademark of NeXT Inc. CD-ROM NeWS is
trademark of JANA Publishing.