Item    4753332                 94/06/16        15:38
From:   DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET00#   Internet Gateway
Subject: Athena Design to show MESA at NEXTSTEP EXPO


Athena Design Showing Mesa at EXPO


June 16, 1994 - BOSTON - Athena Design, Inc. will be at

NEXTSTEP EXPO showing the award winning Mesa spreadsheet in the GS

Corp booth, #624.

Mesa, the leading spreadsheet in the NEXTSTEP marketplace

appears on GS Corp's innovative, interactive multimedia CD ROM of

NEXTSTEP software products.

Mesa's newest features are available as a free upgrade to

all registered users.  The new version includes an enhanced Object

Library for faster MesaView display updates, Excel 4.0 file

compatibility, support for NEXTSTEP for HP PA-RISC, and user

interface improvements.  Please ftp the latest version (1.5B)

from our archive site at ftp.athena.com.

Mesa spreadsheet software can be "hot linked" to other

NEXTSTEP applications while remaining compatible with existing

spreadsheets.  Because it is a traditional spreadsheet, users will

be comfortable with Mesa's familiar user interface.  A toolbar

puts common functions within easy reach, or Drag and Drop them

onto the worksheet.

Mesa has superior integration with SQL databases.  Queries

can exchange data and insert, delete and update your database.

Graphing your data and generating reports is easy with a Visual

Report Builder and your choice of several 2D and 3D graphs.

Mesa accepts real-time feeds from any source and serves as

a front-end for real-time financial analysis. Mesa is fully

object-oriented and includes MOLI P the Mesa Object Library

Interface P which allows corporate developers to use Mesa as the

spreadsheet engine for custom applications. Mesa's palletized

objects can be integrated into custom apps via NEXTSTEP's

InterfaceBuilder.

Athena Design, Inc. is committed to supporting additional

NEXTSTEP and OpenStep platforms as they become available. Mesa

runs on Intel, HP PA-RISC, and Motorola.

Athena Design, Inc. was founded in 1989 by David Pollak to

produce Mesa spreadsheet software  for 32-bit operating

environments.  For more information about Mesa or Athena Design,

Inc., please contact us at 1.617.734.6372 or info@athena.com.

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Mesa is a trademark of Athena Design, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a
registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc. Excel is a trademark
of MicroSoft Corp.   All other trademarks are owned by their
respective companies.




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