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NeXT Nugget News Digest (vol. 3, issue 4, June 10, 1992)

Hello,

This is vol. 3, issue 4 of the 1992 NeXT NUGGET NEWS DIGEST - a
collection of items of interest for  NeXT User Group members.
Information on how to retrieve copies of past NUGGET DIGEST
issues appears below.

There are more than 330 NeXT User Groups in 34 countries around the
world.  If you wish to start a new NeXT user group locally or if
you have a NeXT User Group but have not registered it, please send
email to [e-mail].  Any changes in leadership should
also be sent along.

Conrad Geiger
Manager, International NeXT User Groups

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Table of Contents

   I. Final Call for submissions: NeXTSTEP Object Catalog
  II. Where to find past issues of the NeXT Nugget News Digest
 III. Mesa Spreadsheet beta test offer
  IV. Fortune 500 Consulting Firm Makes NeXT Move
   V. Announcing Craftsman, Multimedia Programming NeXT tool
  VI. Electronics Magazine charts Industry Growth Rate for 1991
 VII. NeXT Communications, TCP/IP Position Open in San Francisco

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I.  Final Call for submissions: NeXTSTEP Object Catalog
      Extension to Friday, June 12, 1992

The response to the first-ever NeXTSTEP Object Catalog has been
outstanding. Due to popular demand, we are extending the deadline
for submissions one final time until midnight Friday, June 12, 1992.

Dear NeXTSTEP Object Designers:

In July of this year, NeXT will publish the first-ever "object"
guide. The guide will promote all the fantastic NeXTSTEP objects
currently available, both commercially and through the public domain.
At the same time, it will help educate customers and the entire
industry about the benefits of NeXTSTEP objects and object-oriented
technology.

NeXT is clearly the object-oriented leader: NeXTSTEP is the only
object-oriented system software shipping today. To get the word out,
we'd like to release an outstanding guide filled with descriptions of
the objects written by developers and users alike.

That's where we'd like your help.

You can leave an indelible mark on the NeXTSTEP object community by
submitting descriptions of your objects for listing in our guide.
It's simple. Just complete the attached form and return it to

    [e-mail] by Friday, June 12, 1992.

Your submission(s) will then appear in it, which will reach thousands
of current and prospective NeXTSTEP users and developers throughout
the world.

So get your listings to us today, and help spread the word about
NeXTSTEP objects. If you are not currently developing NeXTSTEP
objects but know people who are, please forward this message on to
them.  Please use the template provided below for your submissions.

Objects are being solicited in the following categories (feel free to
suggest categories we may have missed):

UI Objects
Information Display Objects
Foundation
Category Methods
Analytical Tools (includes objects to be used with Mathematica)
Networking & Telecommunications Objects
Device Driver & Communications Objects
Multimedia Objects
Document & Publishing Objects
Database Objects
Financial Objects
Tools & Utilities -- General
Business Graphics
Digitized Sound
Graphics
3D & Rendering Tools
Voice & Speech Objects
Telephony & ISDN Objects
Text & Language Tools
Scripting & Macro Objects
Indexing & Retrieval Objects
Workflow Objects


Thanks from everyone at NeXT!

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TEMPLATE FOR CATALOG SUBMISSIONS

Object Category:

Name of Object:

Product description here (up to 100 words):


Company Name or University

Street Address

City, State, Zip code, Country

Phone:

E-Mail address:

Pricing Information (including educational discount, if applicable):

Source code available:

Support available:

On-line Help (if a UI object):

Documentation Availability:

Localization Support:

Availability:


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II. Where to find past issues of the NeXT Nugget News Digest

Since the Fall of 1991, 15 issues of the NeXT Nugget News
Digest have been distributed to the growing number of NeXT
User Groups.  To be included in its electronic distribution,
please send email to [e-mail].

Due to popular demand, past issues of the NeXT Nugget News Digest
are archived and updated quarterly on the Purdue archive server -

        sonata.cc.purdue.edu located on the internet.

Look in /pub/next/Newsletters/nugget for the Fall 1991 and
Winter 1992 archived releases:

-rw-r--r--   52968 Apr  1 17:46 1991Q4.tar.Z (5 issues)
-rw-r--r--   63467 Apr  1 17:46 1992Q1.tar.Z (6 issues)

The Spring 1992 (1992Q2) copy will be submitted at the end of June.

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III. Mesa Spreadsheet beta test offer

From: [e-mail]
Subject: Mesa Beta Call

Mesa, the spreadsheet for NeXTstep, alpha version 0.7 is now
on the archives at sonata.cc.purdue.edu (128.210.15.30),
cs.orst.edu (128.193.32.1) and etlport.etl.go.jp
(192.31.197.99).  I have placed the program in the submissions
directory at each site and expect that they will be moved into
the demo directories at each site within a week.

I look forward to constructive comments about the program and
it's functionality.  If you have criticism, please also include
ways of doing things better.  Also, please read the release
notes.  They explain a number of unfinished parts of the
program.

If your site has at least 25 NeXT machines, prior experience
with spreadsheet products, and a specific application for Mesa,
Athena Design may consider you as a Beta site.  The Beta program
begins on July 1st and includes unlimited toll-free technical
support.  Please e-mail feedback or Beta information to
[e-mail].

Thanks.

David
Email: [e-mail]


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IV.  Fortune 500 Consulting Firm Makes NeXT Move

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more  information:
  Pam O'Neal
  Pencom Software
  [phone]
  e-mail: [e-mail]


FORTUNE 500 CONSULTING FIRM MAKES NeXT MOVE

Pencom Assists With Migration To New Network That Combines
NeXT, RS/6000

        Austin, Texas (May 26, 1992) -- Pencom Software, a
leader in Open Systems computing services and contract
software development, has been selected by New York City-based
Organization Resources Counselors, Inc. (ORC) to design and
implement a new corporate computing environment that combines
NeXT Computer Inc.'s  NeXTstation Turbo computer with IBM's
RISC System/6000.

         The initial phase of the contract, due to be
completed in December, calls for Pencom to install a network
of 35 NeXTstation Turbo systems at ORC's New York City
headquarters office.  A second phase will encompass up to 90
more of the same workstations to be installed in New York and
at other ORC facilities. The NeXT desktop systems will be
connected to multiple RS/6000s running AIX 3.2 and ORC's
human resources databases.

        As a NeXT-authorized commercial systems integrator,
Pencom focuses on providing solutions for NeXT workstation
users operating in heterogeneous computing environments. ORC
is an international management and human resources consulting
firm that has fulfilled assignments with most of the U.S.'s
Fortune 500 firms, many international companies, and numerous
other organizations.  ORC is the world leader in advising
companies in international compensation issues, and part of
this service involves the ongoing collection and analysis of
cost-of-living information from regions around the world.
The information, stored in the ORC database, is provided
to clients to enable them to pay employees transferring
on expatriate assignmentfrom one country to another.  "We
recommended NeXT as the desktop solution for ORC because we
believe NeXT offers the best set of tools to operate a
service business," said Ed Taylor, president of Pencom
Software. "The NeXT interface is easy to use, yet the
system is also powerful.  And the RS/6000, with its speed
and storage advantages, is ideal for handling the core of
ORC's business -- their database."

        When the decision was made to upgrade ORC's
information systems, the combined NeXT/IBM environment was
not exactly what company officials initially anticipated
installing, said Tobi Weitzner, the ORC vice president who
is in charge of the migration project.  "Frankly, we weren't
familiar enough with NeXT, the company, to understand the value
of their systems. And though the RS/6000 is becoming more and
more popular, we did not originally consider it as an
appropriate option for us. Yet when we compared these systems
to the more traditional choices, we felt the NeXTstation Turbo
and the RS/6000 -- with their ease-of-use, power, and support
-- offered the optimum solution for our situation."

        Once the computer systems were selected, ORC's most
important task then became finding an appropriate integrator,
said Weitzner. "Pencom was a natural choice due to their
extensive experience with both NeXT and IBM RS/6000 machines.
The fact that they themselves utilize NeXT machines throughout
their offices was an added plus," she said.

        Pencom is now in the process of managing ORC's
migration to the NeXT.  ORC will phase out an IBM 4341
mainframe computer and a number of PCs as Pencom ports
many of the company's other important tools and programs
to the new environment. ORC accepted bids from several
independent consultants before selecting Pencom for the
integration project.

        Pencom Software offers software connectivity products
and off-site development, porting, testing and quality
assurance services from its headquarters in Austin, Texas.
The company is a division of Pencom Systems Incorporated,
the largest recruiting, placement and contract programming
firm specializing in the UNIX/Open Systems market.  Pencom
employs over 400 people and has offices in New York, Austin,
San Jose, Boston and Reston, VA.

        For more information, contact

Pencom Software
9050 Capital of Texas Highway North
Suite 300, Austin, Texas  78759.
Telephone: [phone].
Fax: [phone].
E-mail:  [e-mail]


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V. Announcing Craftsman, Multimedia Programming NeXT Tool


                   Xanthus International AB

                          presents

                          CraftMan

               - the Multimedia Programming Tool
                    for the NeXT Computer


(June 1, 1992)  Xanthus International AB today announces
CraftMan - the multimedia programming tool for the NeXT
Computer.

With CraftMan you can design complete multimedia
applications  for the NeXT computer without having
to program in Objective-C.  This includes designing
the interface with direct manipulation and writing
CraftScript-code for program control.

CraftMan is a tool very much inspired by HyperCard
for the Apple Macintosh, but CraftMan is much more
than a HyperCard clone.

CraftMan is the perfect tool for:

  -  building real multimedia applications for the NeXT
  -  creating impressive presentations
  -  creating computer-based training applications
  -  building graphical interfaces to other applications
  -  rapid prototyping of applications with real functionality

Behind the intuitive interface is hidden a powerful object
oriented environment and an object oriented scripting language
called CraftScript.

CraftMan programs can communicate with each other and with
other NeXTSTEP applications by sending CraftScript messages.
No Objective-C programming is needed!

CraftMan is delivered with a runtime version that makes it
easy to freely distribute CraftMan programs to other NeXT
users.

Status: Shipping

For more information about CraftMan please contact:

Xanthus International AB
Kungstensgatan 14
S-113 57 Stockholm
Sweden
fax: [phone]
mail: [e-mail]


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VI.  Electronics Magazine charts Industry Growth Rate for 1991

The following statistics appeared in the April, 1992 issue
of Electronics Magazine:

Unit Growth Rate (1990-91)

  1.   NeXT               133%
  2.   IBM                 58%
  3.   SGI                 45%
  4.   Sun                 30%
  5.   HP                   6%
  6.   Digital           -1.6%


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VII. NeXT Communications, TCP/IP Position Open in San Francisco

Job Title & Location

NeXT Communications, TCP/IP, SF area

We have a client developing communications software for the
NeXT platform.  If you have a background in communications
such as developing a commercial terminal emulation package,
knowledge of Unix and TCP/IP please send a resume to:

David A. Small, President
Scientific Placement, Inc., Box 19949, Houston, TX 77224
713-496-6100  Fax: [phone]
Internet: [e-mail]; Compuserve: 71250,3001;
AppleLink: D1580; Genie: D.SMALL6; AOL: DaveSmall; BIX:
Scientific

Formats: Ascii text via Email preferred. Macintosh or PC
Word processor formats are OK via Email (binhex). Please do
not send LaTex or Postscript.Fax is discouraged unless Fine
Setting on your fax machine is used (to enable OCR scanning).
US Mail on 3.5 inch diskette is OK too.

Immigration status: You must be a U.S. or Canadian Citizen
or have a Permanent Residence Visa.

New graduates: Employers utilize the college placement
offices to hire new graduates. They do not employ recruiting
firms for this purpose. We are unable to assist recent
graduates.


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