FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: OpenSource, Inc. Lisa Larkin 1776 Lincoln Street, Suite 1012 Canon Computer Systems Inc. Denver, CO 80203 5250 NE Elam Young Parkway Suite 200 Toll Free: 1.800.TRY.OPEN Hillsboro, OR 97124 Phone: 1.303.681.4411 Phone: 503.681.2533 Fax: 1.303.681.2393 Fax: 503.693-7396 E-mail: info@opensource.com E-mail: lisa_larkin@ato.canon.com OpenSource, Inc. announces the availability of the Canon object.station 41. DENVER, COLORADO - October 17, 1994. OpenSource, Inc. today announced the availability of Canon Computer Systems Inc.'s (CCSI) object.station 41, the first Intel-based workstation designed from the ground-up to optimize NEXTSTEP performance. Built around the Intel DX4-100MHz processor and incorporating a proprietary Canon video subsystem into a highly integrated system design, the object.station 41 delivers performance up to 30 percent faster than other 486 systems and comparable performance to current Pentium systems running NEXTSTEP. The Canon object.station 41 was engineered specifically for NEXTSTEP by the Advanced Technologies Operation of CCSI. Everything you need is available pre-configured: NEXTSTEP, Insignia's SoftPC Demo, on-board SCSI and Ethernet, CD-quality audio, a built-in microphone, speaker and an optional integrated CD-ROM player. In addition, there are four available expansion slots. It even has NeXT specific keycaps and keyboard controls for audio volume and monitor brightness. "OpenSource is thrilled to have the Canon object.station as our premiere NEXTSTEP hardware line," said Wes Carrington, VP of Sales and Marketing at OpenSource. "With Canon's commitment to the NEXTSTEP market and the object.station's level of hardware integration, we believe it's currently the best NEXTSTEP workstation on the market. In addition, with OpenSource's extensive third-party product offerings, NEXTSTEP users are now able to purchase the first truly complete custom workstation solution for plug and play capability." "Canon had two primary objectives when designing this machine," said Dale Fuller, director of Marketing at Canon Computer Systems, ATO. "First, to satisfy customer demand, and second, to do something no one else in the industry had ever done before -- design a workstation entirely around the NEXTSTEP operating system. The result is the only machine on the market that has the hardware guts to accommodate native NEXTSTEP functions, simply because its architecture is designed and balanced to do so." The Canon object.station is currently available through OpenSource and can be pre-bundled with over 100 different software products or with additional hardware components, such as the new Movie Machine Pro from interpersonal-computing, or an internal fax/modem solution. Please contact OpenSource for a list of pre-configured options. # # # OpenSource, Inc. OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive line of NEXTSTEP related products in the industry. OpenSource is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Canon Computer Systems Inc. Founded in 1992, Canon Computer Systems, Inc. is chartered to lead Canon's efforts in the U.S. computing market. The company develops and markets desktop and notebook PCs, scanners, and printers under the Canon brand name using its proven Bubble Jet, laser and other Canon technologies. Small office/home office (SOHO) customers are reached via the mass market channel. Through its recently formed Advanced Technologies Operation (ATO), CCSI supplies personal workstation products for Fortune 1000 companies and supports user workgroups and enterprise computing requirements world-wide. CCSI is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California. Advanced Technologies Operation The ATO was organized earlier this year to extend CCSI's leading position in the home and small office computing markets by broadening its marketing directions, integrating new high-end computing products and technologies and developed computing solutions. The object.station 41 has been completely designed from scratch and is made in the company's factory in Memphis, Tennessee. The ATO is based in Hillsboro, Oregon. "NEXTSTEP" is a trademark of NeXT Computer Inc.