Item    8328757                 93/05/26        01:14
 From:   CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway
 Subject: PanCanadian Enters Strategic Alliance with NeXT

 PanCanadian Petroleum Limited
 NEWS RELEASE

 Contact:
 Karen Logsdon
 NeXT Computer, Inc.
 (415) 780-3786
 or
 Marianne Wood
 PanCanadian
 (403) 290-2220

 PanCanadian Enters Strategic Alliance with NeXT

 ALBERTA, CANADA-PanCanadian Petroleum Limited and NeXT Computer,
 Inc. today announced that PanCanadian will use NeXTSTEP 3.1 for
 Intel Processors as the primary software for the development and
 delivery of custom business applications internally.  PanCanadian,
 a major Canadian oil and gas producer, is developing custom
 applications to enhance various aspects of its business,
 principally in its Operations Group.

 "We selected NeXTSTEP for its advanced object-oriented
 capabilities," said Roger Coates, coordinator of technology
 management at PanCanadian.

 NeXTSTEP significantly reduces application development time while
 improving application quality.  In addition, it offers direct
 benefits to users through its highly integrated object-oriented
 development, database, graphic, communications and multimedia
 environment.

 "With the migration of NeXTSTEP to industry-standard hardware, the
 deployment of this platform became both practical and advantageous
 for PanCanadian," Coates said.

 NeXTSTEP is the leading object-oriented software environment for
 developing and deploying client/server applications.  NeXTSTEP for
 Intel processors is the version of the software that runs on
 industry-standard PCs powered by Intel486 and Pentium
 microprocessors.

 Currently, PanCanadian is in the first stage of a four to
 five-year program to upgrade its information management
 capabilities.  When NeXTSTEP is fully deployed in approximately
 three years, the majority of PanCanadian's professional staff will
 use the NeXT software for many of their business activities.

 "PanCanadian's plan to develop custom applications to support its
 core business exemplifies the optimum use of NeXTSTEP to achieve
 competitive advantage," said Bob Longo, NeXT's director of North
 American sales.

 NeXT develops and markets the industry-acclaimed NeXTSTEP
 object-oriented software for industry-standard computer
 architectures.  NeXTSTEP is used by medium and large organizations
 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.

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