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- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
-
- Contact:
- Karen Logsdon
- NeXT Computer, Inc.
- 415-780-3786
- or
- K.K. Tan
- The Stepstone Corporation
- 203-426-1875
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- NeXT ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO OBJECTIVE-C PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE FROM STEPSTONE
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- REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-April 4, 1995-NeXT Computer, Inc. and The
- Stepstone Corporation today announced that NeXT has acquired all
- of Stepstone's rights in the Objective-Ci programming language and
- the Objective-C trademark. As part of this agreement, NeXT will
- license Stepstone to continue to market Stepstone's version of
- Objective-C software in its compiler products.
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- Objective-C is the premier C-based object-oriented programming
- language utilized in NeXT's highly-acclaimed NEXTSTEP software.
- Originally developed by Stepstone, and extended and enhanced by
- NeXT, Objective-C is gaining wider popularity through the success
- of NEXTSTEP. It is NeXT's intention to submit its Objective-C
- language specification to standards bodies, such as ANSI, for
- adoption as an open, industry-standard, object-oriented programming
- language.
-
- "We are pleased to unify the Objective-C world, and plan on offering
- our Objective-C specification as an open, industry standard," said
- Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc. "NeXT has
- the momentum in the object market to drive an open, Objective-C
- standard."
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- "Stepstone is very pleased that NeXT is taking the lead to make
- Objective-C an open, industry standard. We look forward to the
- standardization of the Objective-C language and the increased
- visibility of Objective-C that will result," said K.K. Tan, President
- of The Stepstone Corporation.
-
- The Stepstone Corporation
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- Stepstone develops and markets object-oriented software components
- for use with the Objective-C language. Since 1983, Stepstone has
- been providing solutions for the development of software components
- and systems through the organization of data and procedures.
- Stepstone is headquartered in Sandy Hook, Connecticut.
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- NeXT Computer, Inc.
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- NeXT develops and markets OpenStep, the industry's first and most
- advanced object environment. OpenStep versions have been announced
- which will run on several operating systems, including NeXT's own
- MachOS, Sun's Solaris, Digital's OSF/1 and Microsoft's Windows NT
- and Windows 95. OpenStep's object-oriented technology allows
- corporate customers to rapidly create and deploy three-tier,
- client-server, mission critical custom applications. NeXT is
- headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices in North
- America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo.
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- NeXT, the NeXT logo, OpenStep and NEXTSTEP are trademarks or
- registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. All other trademarks
- mentioned belong to their respective owners.
-