Item    8606962                 93/07/28        05:24
 From:   CONRAD_GEIGER@NEXT.COM@INET#    Internet Gateway
 Subject: Announcing the Release of NEXTSTEP Spreadsheet: Mesa 1.5

 For more information, contact:

 Athena Design
 Tracy Kugelman
 17 St. Mary's Court
 Boston,  MA  02146  USA
 tel. 1.617.734.6372
 fax  1.617.734.1130
 Email: tracy@athena.com


 Athena Design Announces NEXTSTEP Spreadsheet: Mesa 1.5 with
 Palettized Objects

 Athena Design is pleased to announce that Mesa version 1.5 is now
 available.  Mesa 1.5 ships as a Multi-architecture ("fat") binary
 for both NEXTSTEP for Intel Processors as well as NeXT computers
 running NEXTSTEP 3.0 or higher.

 Mesa was recently given a "Best of Breed" Award at the 1993
 NeXTWORLD EXPO.  Mesa's objects have been palettized to assist
 custom programmers integrating Mesa into mission critical custom
 applications.

 Other new features included in Mesa 1.5:

 The Query Inspector is new and radically improved.  It allows
 update, insert, delete and "raw SQL".

 Added support for drag & drop tabular text type for
 interoperability with DataPhile.

 Mesa now supports underlining within cells within the Cell Style
 Inspector.

 Mesa now supports a database server adaptor.  This will allow the
 creation of addins that will link to SQL servers other than Sybase
 (the built-in default).

 Upgrades:
 In keeping with Athena Design's policy of one year of upgrades for
 Mesa, upgrades are available via anonymous ftp from the following
 archives:

 cs.orst.edu in the directory /pub/next/demos/spreadsheets
 ftp.cica.indiana.edu (directory unknown)
 athena.com in the directory /pub/Mesa
 peanuts.pst.informatik.uni-muenchen.de in the directory
 /pub/next/Demos (please note that this machine is
 in Germany)

 Documentation in PostScript format is available from athena.com in
 /pub/Mesa.

 The upgrade on floppy disks is $10.00 US, and the manual set (the
 User's Guide plus the Programmer's Guide) is also $10.00 US.

 We cannot accept credit cards.  Please send a check or money order
 in US dollars to:

 Athena Design
 Attn. Upgrades
 17 St. Mary's Court
 Boston,  MA  02146
 USA

 If you have any questions please contact:

 Tracy Kugelman, Directortel. 1.617.734.MESA (6372)
 Sales and Marketingfax  1.617.734.1130

 NeXT Mail Welcome
 tracy@athena.com

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