Item    9593968                 96/01/10        14:40
From:   PRODUCT_FEEDBACK@NEXT.COM@INET02#
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        NEXT-ANNOUNCE@DIGIFIX.COM@INET02#
Subject: NeXT SPONSORS WEST COAST "WEBMANIA" EVENT
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:
Kindle DiGiusto
NeXT Softwrare, Inc.
415-780-3781
or
Nicole Overson
Copithorne & Bellows
415-975-2219


     NeXT SPONSORS WEST COAST "WEBMANIA" EVENT
     Steve Jobs to deliver keynote address at premier
     showcase for NeXT's advanced World Wide Web solutions

REDWOOD CITY, CA-January 10, 1996- NeXT will host WEBMANIA on
Tuesday, January 30 - building on the momentum generated by the
introduction of WebObjects(tm), NeXT's development environment for
building dynamic server-based web applications.  Designed to provide
web developers, corporate web masters, independent web consultants
and contractors, and Internet Service Providers with additional
information on NeXT's web products and service offerings, this free
one-day event will take place in San Francisco's Center for the Arts
Theatre in Yerba Buena Gardens.

WEBMANIA will begin with a keynote address by Steven P. Jobs, CEO of
NeXT.  Jobs will describe the evolution of websites beyond just
static publishing, demonstrate NeXT's revolutionary WebObjects
products, and announce NeXT's support of emerging web standards.

"In a market that's flooded with the promise of development
technology for the web, we're looking forward to providing a web
solution that allows companies to leverage their investment in
existing technology while providing a gateway to emerging web
standards such as Java," said Mitchell Mandich, NeXT's Vice President
of Worldwide Sales.  "With our web services and product offerings
NeXT stands out from the hype by offering real products, new sales
channels, and powerful partnerships."

Following Jobs' keynote address, NeXT will present three one-hour
seminars on building dynamic websites with WebObjects.  The schedule
for WEBMANIA is as follows:

WEBMANIA,  January 30, 1996
Center for the Arts Theatre, Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco

         9  a.m. Registration

         10 a.m. Keynote Address
                 Steven P. Jobs, Chairman & CEO

         1 p.m.          Introduction to WebObjects
                 Avadis Tevanian, Jr., Vice President of Engineering

         2 p.m.  Building Advanced Websites
                 Jean-Marie Hullot, Chief Technical Officer

         3 p.m.          Webconstructors Forum
                 Chris Chauvin, Director of WebConstructor Group

For detailed abstracts on each session consult NeXT's website at
http://www.next.com.

Registration and Pricing

To register for WEBMANIA access NeXT's website at
http://www.next.com or call 1-800-TRY-NeXT.  WEBMANIA is a free event
sponsored by NeXT Computer, Inc.

NeXT Software, Inc.

NeXT develops and markets OPENSTEP, the WebObjects product family,
and services for building mission critical object-oriented custom
applications for deployment across popular operating systems and the
World Wide Web.  OPENSTEP is the first volume object standard for
developing and deploying cross-platform three-tier client/server
applications.  WebObjects is NeXT's revolutionary database
independent development environment for building dynamic server-based
Web applications.

NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices
in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo.

For more information please visit NeXT's web site at http://www.next.com.

Trademark Info:
NeXT, the NeXT logo, OPENSTEP, WebObjects, PDO, Portable Distributed
Objects, Enterprise Objects Framework, D'OLE, and NEXTSTEP are
trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc.
All other trademarks mentioned belong to their respective owners.




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