Item    0699710                 93/05/26        01:10
 From:   CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway
 Subject: NeXT And Digital To Market NEXTSTEP Software

 For Immediate Release

 Contact:
 Karen Logsdon
 NeXT Computer, Inc.
 415/780-3786
 or
 Marilyn Kilinski
 Ketchum Public Relations
 212/536-8865

 NeXT And Digital To Market NEXTSTEP Software

 SAN FRANCISCO, May 25, 1993 - NeXT Computer, Inc. and Digital
 Equipment Corporation today announced plans for Digital to resell
 the NEXTSTEP object-oriented operating system software with its
 personal computers.  Digital intends to offer NEXTSTEP on selected
 products to meet customer demands for developing and deploying
 client/server applications.

 Digital will certify NEXTSTEP, resell and pre-install it on
 selected Intel 486- and Pentium-based platforms.

 "By offering NEXTSTEP as a choice of operating systems on Digital
 PCs, we will meet customers specific demands for state-of-the-art
 development environments on high-performance, Digital PC
 platforms." said Enrico Pesatori, vice president and general
 manager of the Personal Computer Business Unit, Digital Equipment
 Corporation.

 "NEXTSTEP's availability on leading, high-performance PCs from
 Digital is one more indication that that we are committed to
 providing customers integrated hardware and software solutions to
 develop and deploy client/server applications." said Steven P.
 Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc.

 Digital Equipment Corporation, headquartered in Maynard,
 Massachusetts, is the leading worldwide supplier of networked
 computer systems, software and services.  Digital pioneered and
 leads the industry in interactive, distributed and multivendor
 computing.  Digital and its partners deliver the power to use the
 best integrated solutions "from desktop to data center" in open
 information environments.

 NeXT develops and markets the industry-acclaimed NEXTSTEP
 object-oriented software for industry-standard computer
 architectures.  NEXTSTEP is used by customers to develop and deploy
 client/server applications, using both custom and shrink-wrapped
 productivity software.  NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake
 Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063.

 DECpc is a trademark of Digital Equipment Corporation.

 NeXT, the NeXT logo and NEXTSTEP are registered trademarks of NeXT
 Computer, Inc.  All other trademarks mentioned belong to their
 respective owners.

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