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Fri Jan 22, 1993
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allison Thomas
Allison Thomas Associates
(818) 981-1520 NeXT Profitable in Q4 '92 North American Sales
Up 36% in 1992 REDWOOD CITY, Calif., January 21, 1993 - NeXT Computer, Inc.
today announced its first quarterly operating profit, for the fourth quarter
of 1992, on revenues of $45 million. NeXT also announced worldwide revenues
of $140 million for the year ended December 31, 1992, an increase of 10
percent over the prior year's $127 million. Highlighted were North American
revenues, which increased 36 percent year to year, from $72 million to $98
million. "NeXT had a solid 1992, with a growth rate more than double that of
the total workstation market, which grew 4.2 percent, according to Dataquest,"
said Peter van Cuylenburg, NeXT's president and chief operating officer. "We
achieved profitability in Q4 on the basis of increased revenues, higher gross
margins and reduced expenses." Steven P. Jobs, NeXT's chairman and CEO,
commented: "We added to our base of large customers in 1992, which now
includes Chrysler Financial, McCaw Cellular, WilTel, Bozell (BJK&E), Mount
Clemens Hospital, First National Bank of Chicago and Swiss Bank Corporation.
One of these customers is already using NeXTSTEP on more than 1,000 desktops,
and several others are planning multi-thousand desktop deployments during the
next 12 to 24 months." One of NeXT's most recent new customer wins is AIG
Trading Corporation, a currency and commodities trading company that is
designing its new trading floor completely around the object-oriented
NeXTSTEPd environment. "Fast, reliable and cutting-edge communications and
information technology are critical to our success," said Tom Borgeson,
director of technology for AIG Trading Corporation. "We are sold on the
object-oriented approach to developing and using software, and NeXTSTEP is the
leader in integrating that approach onto a UNIX platform. We're very excited
about using our NeXT systems to develop applications in-house and to integrate
voice and text communications, especially using NeXTmail." About NeXT NeXT
Computer, Inc. designs and markets the industry-acclaimed NeXTSTEP object-
oriented system software environment. NeXTSTEP is used by medium and large
organizations to develop and deploy mission-critical applications, using both
custom and shrink-wrapped software. NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake
Drive, Redwood City, Calif., 94063. -30- NeXT, the NeXT logo, NeXTSTEP and
NeXTmail are trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned
belong to their respective owners. =END=