From: Darren_Smith@NeXT.COM (Darren Smith)
Subject: SIGS Publications and NeXT Launch The OpenStep Developer
Date: 25 Jun 1994 13:50:19 -0400

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Shirley Sax
SIGS Publications
212-274-0640

Karen Logsdon
NeXT Computer, Inc.
415/780-3786

Michele Macauley
Kahn Communications
212-889-0202

SIGS Publications and NeXT Launch The OpenStep Developer

Quarterly Supplement Will Accompany Object Magazine and JOOP

NEW YORK - June 20, 1994 - SIGS Publications, publishers of Object Magazine and
the Journal of Object Oriented Programming (JOOP), in conjunction with NeXT
Computer, Inc., today introduced The OpenStep Developer, a 24-page quarterly
magazine supplement designed to help users and developers learn more about
NEXTSTEP and OpenStep.  The  premiere issue of The OpenStep Developer will
debut in October and be distributed to more than 80,000 readers worldwide in
conjunction with SIGS' flagship publications - Object Magazine and JOOP.

Marie Lenzi, Object Magazine's editor, will take on the additional
responsibility of editing The OpenStep Developer.

"The OpenStep Developer will address the needs of the emerging NeXT marketplace,
" said Rick Friedman, president and group publisher of SIGS Publications.
"SIGS believes NEXTSTEP and OpenStep will gain in popularity and in
acceptancePjust as object-oriented programming hasPand The OpenStep Developer
will grow along with the market."

Focusing primarily on issues relevant to users and developers of NEXTSTEP and
OpenStep, the publication will also cover third-party developer applications
and products through articles written by industry experts, experienced users
and NeXT technical personnel.  The magazine typically will include application
stories, technical tips, interviews and product reviews/news related to NeXT
and its third-party developers.

"We are pleased that SIGS, the leading object technology information provider,
is creating a vehicle to educate users and developers about NEXTSTEP and
OpenStep," said Paul Vais, executive director of marketing at NeXT Computer,
Inc.  "The audience that SIGS reaches through its publications and conferences
compliments the customers and prospects that NeXT attracts."

Founded in 1988, SIGS Publications publishes Object Magazine, the Journal of
Object Oriented Programming, C++ Report, The Smalltalk Report, Report on Object
Oriented Analysis & Design and The X Journal.  The company's mission is to
stimulate the use of object-oriented and other emerging technologies by
publishing and sharing useable, technical and unbiased information on the
fast-growing software industry.  SIGS is headquartered in New York and has
offices in London and Munich.

NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented software
for industry-standard computer architectures.  Customers use NEXTSTEP's
advanced object environment to rapidly develop and deploy custom,
enterprise-wide, client/server applications.  NeXT is headquartered in Redwood
City, Calif., and has offices in North America, London, Paris Munich and Tokyo.

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