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- NeXT to Deliver Universal Object Request Broker
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- PDO, the OpenStep object model, to become CORBA-compliant
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- OBJECT WORLD, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-August 14, 1995-NeXT Computer,
- Inc. today announced that PDO, the distributed object model at the
- heart of OpenStep, will become CORBA-compliant, providing a single
- universal ORB that allows seamless interoperability between OpenStep,
- OLE/COM, and CORBA objects. PDO is the ORB used universally
- throughout NeXT's object software; it is embedded inside NEXTSTEP and
- OpenStep, and it is packaged separately to run on popular operating
- systems such as Solaris, HP-UX, Digital UNIX, and Windows NT.
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- NeXT has engineered PDO as a Universal ORB which will provide
- interoperability between every popular object model. Today, PDO
- converses using its own, robust, production-proven protocols and,
- shipping later this year, Distributed OLE for Windows -D'OLE- will
- support Microsoft's OLE object model, providing developers with
- seamless distributed communication between OpenStep and OLE objects.
- NeXT is also enhancing PDO to converse seamlessly with CORBA objects.
- PDO 4.0, scheduled to ship in the second half of 1996, will offer
- full CORBA 2.0 interoperability. CORBA 2.0 is a standard from the
- Object Management Group designed to allow objects based on diverse
- object models to interoperate.
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- "As a long time member of the Object Management Group, NeXT is fully
- committed to supporting industry standards for object technology,"
- said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer. "NeXT's
- Universal ORB enables organizations to develop libraries of reusable
- objects, implemented using their tools of choice, and assemble a
- collection of these objects into applications on an as-needed basis."
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- NeXT's Universal ORB leverages all the reliable, proven technology
- which has been shipping in PDO for several years now, and in heavy
- production use by many large corporations. With CORBA 2.0 support,
- NeXT's Universal ORB will support full
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- interoperation between OpenStep, OLE, and CORBA objects, using
- languages such as Visual Basic, C, and C++.
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- Interoperability showcased at Object World
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- NeXT is demonstrating OLE and CORBA 2.0 interoperability live on the
- show floor at Object World during OMG's Distributed Applications
- Showcase (DAS) along with partners Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard,
- and others. NeXT is demonstrating a Microsoft Excel application
- using the OLE object model and messaging NeXT's Object Request Broker
- which messages the DAS Server via CORBA's Internet Inter-ORB
- Protocol (IIOP).
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- "Each additional CORBA 2.0 compliant product, such as NeXT's PDO
- 4.0, brings us closer to the commercialization of distributed object
- software," commented Chris Stone, president of the Object Management
- Group. "Portable, interoperable, object software is REAL! It's here,
- it's available NOW, and you can see it for yourself in the
- Distributed Application Showcase at Object World San Francisco `95."
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- NeXT Computer, Inc.
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- NeXT develops and markets OpenStep and WebObjects for building
- mission critical object-oriented custom applications for deployment
- across popular operating systems and the World Wide Web. OpenStep is
- the first volume object standard for developing and deploying
- cross-platform three-tier client/server applications. And WebObjects
- is NeXT's revolutionary database independent development environment
- for quickly building interactive Web-based applications.
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- NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has offices
- in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo.
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- For more information please visit NeXT's web site at http://www.next.com.
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- Trademark Info:
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- NeXT, the NeXT logo, OpenStep, WebObjects, and NEXTSTEP are
- trademarks or registered trademarks of NeXT Computer, Inc. OLE is a
- trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks
- mentioned belong to their respective owners.
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