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Announcing StepWise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service:
New service combines WorldWideWeb, Mail and FTP server
PALO ALTO, CA, April 27, 1994 --- WhiteLight Systems, Inc. today
announced that the StepWise NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Information Service
is officially "on the air". StepWise employs WorldWideWeb, Mail
and FTP servers to deliver comprehensive information to the
NEXTSTEP/OpenStep community. After one month on-line, the service
is averaging 100 users per day.
The WorldWideWeb is a network of thousands of servers and millions
of hyperlinked files of textual and graphical information. part
of the Internet, it is accessed through variations on Mosaic client
software.
StepWise is a "public Internet station", modeled after a public TV
station. There is no charge for accessing the Service. Storage of
information is also free, within limits. Members of the NEXTSTEP
community can support StepWise as a Member or Sponsor. Support is
required for StepWise to be a success.
The server currently includes information from NeXT Computer,
independent software vendors, consultants and resellers. Near-term
additions will include information from news groups, user groups
and publications. Additional services are under development.
Suggestions are welcome.
Scott Anguish, moderator of comp.sys.next.announce and a senior
developer at WhiteLight Systems, is the founder and "Station
Director" of StepWise. He can be reached directly at sanguish@digifix.com
(e-mail).
The StepWise mail server can be contacted by sending an e-mail
message to stepwise@digifix.com with the keyword "index". To see
the StepWise WorldWideWeb home page, include the keyword "home" .
For membership and sponsorship information, include the keyword
"membership" or "sponsorship". For information about how to access
the StepWise WorldWideWeb server, include the keyword "start".
Spaces are required between keywords.
The StepWise WorldWideWeb server can be found at URL: http://digifix.digifix.
com/index.html. Use requires an interactive net connection and OmniWeb or
Mosaic.
For more information, contact:
Norman M. Goldfarb
350 Cambridge Avenue, Suite 200
Palo Alto, CA 94306
(415) 321-2183 (tel)
(415) 321-2083 (fax)
norm@whitelight.com (email)
(c) 1994 WhiteLight Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. StepWise and
Public Internet Station are trademarks of WhiteLight Systems, Inc.
Other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.