FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Pencom Software Ships co-Xist 3.3
Triple-fat Binary for NeXT, Intel, and HP systems


AUSTIN, Texas, December 15, 1994 - Offered originally in its beta
phase for users of NEXTSTEP on the Hewlett-Packard PA-RISC, Pencom is
pleased to announce that the final release of co-Xist 3.3 is now
shipping.

A price increase had been scheduled to take effect with the final
release of co-Xist 3.3.  However, in response to many customers with
budgets remaining for 1994, pre-release pricing has been extended
until the end of the year.

co-Xist is Pencom's market leading implementation of the industry
standard X11R5 windowing system.  With co-Xist, NEXTSTEP users have
access to the hundreds of X-based UNIX applications.  Within the
corporate computing environment, NEXTSTEP users can run any legacy or
custom-developed, X-based software already used within an
organization.  A complete development environment also allows the
porting of X clients to the native NEXTSTEP processor.

co-Xist allows users to:

- Eliminate costly development efforts with the ability to run and
  develop standard X applications on local or remote platforms.
- Exchange data easily between NEXTSTEP and other windowing
  environments with full cut-and-paste capability.
- Work with preferred window manager environments including Tab,
  Motif, and NEXTSTEP.
- Rapidly search through X and Motif documentation with Digital
  Librarian.
- Edit and launch frequently-used X applications with a single
  point-and-click.

co-Xist also includes:

- A Multi-Architecture Binary for easy and efficient network
  installation accessible by all supported platforms.
- GUI-based Installation simplifies installation and setup by
  eliminating the need for running scripts in the installation process.
- Release 1.2.3 of the Open Software Foundation's Motif.
- A collection of public domain X-based applications are included,
  pre-compiled for all architectures in binary and source formats.
  These include the NCSA's popular Mosaic, xv, xrn, a selection of
  games, utilities, and much more.

FOR SALES INFORMATION -- Call 1-800-PENCOM-4 or e-mail
co-Xist_info@pencom.com (please confirm if you can receive NeXT Mail
and specify platforms of interest). Please note that sales response
will be limited from December 23rd through the 26th.   For press
information, contact Matthew Waters, Pencom Software, 9050 Capital of
Texas Highway North, Austin, Texas, 78759. Ph: 512-343-6666. Fax:
512-343-9650. e-mail: matthew@pencom.com.

Pencom Systems Incorporated is a $50 million technical recruiting and
software services firm focused solely on open systems computing.
Pencom is unique in its ability to provide the entire suite of
services necessary for open systems computing, including:  technical
staffing, systems integration services, and products.

co-Xist is a trademark of Pencom Systems, Inc. NEXTSTEP is a
registered trademark of NeXT Computer, Inc.  All other brand names
mentioned are trademarks of their respective owners.

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