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Item 3341012 94/04/05 03:33
From: DARREN_SMITH@NEXT.COM@INET01# Internet Gateway
Subject: SUNSOFT AND NeXT REACH FIRST MILESTONE IN OPENSTEP INITIATIVE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Carol Sacks, SunSoft
415-336-1462
or
Karen Logsdon, NeXT Computer, Inc.
415-780-3786
or
Emily Cohen, Hi-Tech Communications
415-904-7000
or
Charlotte Penner, Copithorne & Bellows
415-541-0873
SUNSOFT AND NeXT REACH FIRST MILESTONE
IN OPENSTEP INITIATIVE
Deliver Development Environment for the Industry's
First Volume Object-Oriented Standard
SAN FRANCISCO-April 5, 1994-SunSoft, Inc. and NeXT Computer, Inc.
today announced the availability of the OpenStep Developer
Starter Kit, the development environment for OpenStep, the
industry's first volume, object-oriented standard. The OpenStep
Developer Starter Kit marks the first milestone in the
SunSoft-NeXT joint relationship announced late last year.
Introduced at the Solaris_ Developer Conference being held here
this week, the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit is available
immediately from SunSoft.
"This is the first viable developers kit to be delivered by any of
the leading distributed object computing vendors," said Edward J.
Zander, president of SunSoft. "By working with the OpenStep
Developer Starter Kit now, developers can get ahead of the curve
and begin writing real, distributed object applications which will
be easily ported to OpenStep on Solaris when it ships early next
year."
"We are extremely pleased that SunSoft will be selling the
OpenStep Developer Starter Kit which is based on NEXTSTEP_ Release
3.2," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc.
"With SunSoft moving this product through its channels, including
SunSoft's direct sales force, we will reach thousands of new
developers with our object technology."
Prepare for OpenStep on Solaris DOE
Using the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit, developers can
drastically reduce the lines of code needed to create a robust,
distributed application, in a fraction of the time it takes in
other environments. Applications developed with the OpenStep
Developer Starter Kit can be easily ported to SunSoft's
Solaris-based implementation of OpenStep. SunSoft plans to
deliver an OpenStep implementation through the Project DOE
(Distributed Object Environment) effort in early 1995, adding OMG
standards-based distributed object functionality to the Solaris
enterprise operating environment.
Tools to Make Writing Distributed Object Applications Easier
The OpenStep Developer Starter Kit includes a complete set of
graphical tools for assembling objects into compete applications,
a visual environment for application layout, and a comprehensive
set of reusable object components in the form of Object Kits. The
OpenStep Object Kits are comprised of suites of objects for
user-interface development, database access, application
integration, data exchange and image manipulation.
Included in the OpenStep Developer Starter Kit is NEXTSTEP
Developer (an integrated set of development tools and pre-built
objects), the NEXTSTEP operating system, as well as portability
guide entitled "Developing OpenStep Applications Using NEXTSTEP
3.2," to guide developers in creating applications that will be
easily ported to OpenStep implementations on Solaris and other
operating environments. Developers can use a variety of
programming languages to develop applications, including ANSI C,
C++ and Objective C.
OpenStep: The Volume Object Standard
The OpenStep initiative sponsored by SunSoft and NeXT will create
an open, high-volume standard for object-oriented computing. The
goal of this initiative is to enable the rapid development of
custom distributed applications which fully exploit the potential
of client-server computing. The OpenStep specification will be
published on or before June 30, 1994, and submitted to appropriate
standards organizations, such as X/Open and the OMG (Object
Management Group), for adoption.
Pricing and Availability
The OpenStep Developer Starter Kit is available immediately for
Solaris Developer Conference attendees for a special conference
price of $995. The kit is also available from authorized SunSoft
resellers, including SunExpress, for $3,995, which includes 30
days of free technical support.
SunSoft, Inc.
SunSoft headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a subsidiary of
Sun Microsystems, Inc., the exclusive computer supplier to World
Cup USA 1994. The company has offices in North America, Europe
and Asia. SunSoft is a leading supplier of 32-bit system software
solutions for SPARC_ and Intel 386/486 and Pentium-based
computers. The products are licensed by SunSoft and distributed
through major computer manufacturers and resellers worldwide.
NeXT Computer, Inc.
NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP
object-oriented software for industry-standard computer
architectures. Customers use NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy
custom client/server applications, using both custom and
shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City,
California, with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves
customers requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity
environments.
# # # #
1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. SunSoft and Solaris are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. NeXT and NEXTSTEP
Developer are registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All
SPARC trademarks, including the SCD Compliant logo, are trademarks
or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. Intel is a
registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Pentium is a trademark
of Intel Corporation. All other product or service names
mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.
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