FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information, contact:

David Knight
OneStep Solutions Plc
351 London Road                  Phone:   0702 551010
Hadleigh                          Intl:   +44 702 551010
Essex. SS7 2BT                     Fax:   +44 702 551515
England                          Email:   david@ffcsas.demon.co.uk
United Kingdom                            (NeXTMail welcome)


August 10th, 1994,  OneStep Solutions Plc require shrinkwrap apps,
objects and palettes from software houses in the NEXTSTEP market.


FFC Software and Systems Limited has increased its capitalization
and taken on the new name of OneStep Solutions Plc. Probably the
premier NeXT VAR in the UK, OneStep Solutions Plc has been trading
since 1984 and has been involved in the NEXTSTEP marketplace for
three years.

Since our inception we have been providing in-house developed
multi-user applications which meet our clients needs in the Insurance,
Legal, Local Government, Manufacturing, Distribution, Retail,
Financial Services and Entertainment industries. These products
run under a proprietary operating system and are installed on some
2000+ seats.

Over the last two years we have re-developed many of our core
applications to run under NEXTSTEP and we are now commencing an
immediate plan to convert our existing clients to take this new
generation of software and hardware. We believe this plan will be
completed over the next three years and, including growth, will
ultimately lead to some 3000 installed seats.

Of course, our core applications are only part of a package which
represents a total solution to our customers; they also require a
diverse range of word processing, spreadsheets, presentation,
productivity tools, communications, administration software,
utilities etc. We therefore call upon all developers in the NeXT
community throughout the world to contact us with information and
ideas as to how your products can be of benefit to our clients.

Due to the technical nature of our company we would ideally like
to have direct relationships rather than the more complicated
distributor channels which we have found ineffective, due to a lack
of product knowledge and added value. We have considered a working
model by which a relationship could be formed and would ideally
like to have the opportunity to discuss this at more length with
any interested parties.

Initially we require from yourselves a brief overview, preferably
in rtf format via email, of your product along with retail and VAR
pricing.

We would hope that your software should follow some simple but
important guidelines;

Fully functional demonstration software should be available and
should expire after, preferably 90 days. We consider it unacceptable
for our clients not to be able to print and save several hours of
testing work for later editing or sharing in the evaluation process.

A well documented API, if applicable.

Applications should read the users default paper size (usually A4
in the UK) and not default to "Letter".

Groupware should have a minimum 3 user license.

Products should have floating or site license policies across m68k,
i486, PA-RISC and SPARC platforms.

Automated suggestion and support panels should have a default
address mechanism which allows us to insert our own email address
as the destination, so that we remain the front line of support.

There should be good on-line help, tutorials and sales support
literature.

The ability to supply multi-lingual NIBs and help files when
required.


We look forward to your replies.

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