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<div class="left_inner_box_heading"><h1>[MD1] Apple Announces WebObjects 3.5</h1></div>
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<p>Apple Announces WebObjects 3.5</p>
<p>Premier Internet Development Environment Enhances Ease-of-Use, Java<br />
Support, Leverages Customer Experience to Better Develop and Deploy<br />
Mission-Critical Applications over the Web</p>
<p>CUPERTINO, California--Dec. 1, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)<br />
today announced WebObjects 3.5, the latest enhancement to Apple's<br />
market-leading web application development platform. The newest version of<br />
WebObjects dramatically enhances ease-of-use with its Direct-to-Web<br />
technology, and improves Java support. WebObjects has transformed the way<br />
many companies approach web commerce and development. Many of the new<br />
features found in WebObjects 3.5 are the direct result of input from these<br />
companies.</p>
<p>WebObjects combines Apple's strength in web content creation with<br />
industrial-strength performance, scalability and connectivity capabilities<br />
to deliver an ideal platform for developing transactional content. The<br />
platform enables the seamless collaboration of application developers and<br />
web designers to create dynamic, content-rich end-user experiences for the<br />
web.</p>
<p>"WebObjects is the leading product for putting serious large-scale web<br />
applications on the Internet,"said Jim Gable, vice president of Software<br />
Product Marketing, Apple Computer Inc. "Increasingly, companies are turning<br />
to the web to provide their customers, partners and employees with<br />
customized and top-quality interactive services. WebObjects Version 3.5<br />
goes the distance by delivering more flexibility and ease-of-use to the<br />
site creator."</p>
<p>"In enhancing its Java support, Apple demonstrates an investment in true<br />
application portability and extendibility", said Steve Garone, research<br />
manager, International Data Corporation. "In making WebObjects easier for<br />
developers to use, Apple is broadening its appeal and speeding the<br />
platform's adoption cycle."</p>
<p>Ease-of-Use</p>
<p>With the addition of Direct-to-Web, Apple WebObjects makes it easier to<br />
build database web applications. Further, Apple has improved the WebObjects<br />
Builder, which allows website developers to work with a real-time WYSIWYG<br />
view of the applications they are building.</p>
<p>Direct-to-Web: provides a turnkey template application for developers<br />
incorporating sophisticated database functionality; includes the Live<br />
Assistant, an interactive guide for developers which allows them to create<br />
and modify applications running against real data sources and systems;<br />
includes a framework of open APIs for the creation of customized<br />
third-party templates and interactive guides.</p>
<p>Enhanced Java Support</p>
<p>Increased Java functionality means better performance and tighter<br />
development tool integration for the developer. Improvements in version 3.5<br />
include: Robust objects and components are exposed as a set of Java<br />
frameworks; All developer tools and utilities bundled within WebObjects,<br />
such as ProjectBuilder, the WebObjects Builder, and the Enterprise Objects<br />
Modeler (EOM), provide powerful Java development capabilities; Allows<br />
developers to choose the language or hybrid of languages best suited to the<br />
performance needs of their application, be it 100 percent pure Java, or<br />
Java with a compiled language; Supports Sun's Java Developer Kit 1.1.3.</p>
<p>Leveraging Existing Customer Success</p>
<p>The development of Version 3.5 was a collaborative effort between the Apple<br />
WebObjects team and its customers. The product enhancements were the result<br />
of over ten years of developing proven solutions for the enterprise.</p>
<p>"We needed to standardize on a development platform that could connect to a<br />
variety of data sources fueling a host of internal and external<br />
applications across our organization,"said Vito Laudicina, vice president<br />
of Information Services, Adobe Corporation. "We chose Apple's WebObjects<br />
because of its rapid deployment time and flexible architecture. WebObjects<br />
allowed us to leverage both our extensive existing IT infrastructure and<br />
the power and universality of the web. We have adopted WebObjects from<br />
Apple as our standard for developing dynamic applications for the web."</p>
<p>Own Best Customer</p>
<p>WebObjects 3.5 provides proven scalability and reliable performance for<br />
some of the most demanding Internet applications on the planet. For<br />
example, when Apple launched its online store (<a href="http://www.apple.com/store" title="http://www.apple.com/store">http://www.apple.com/store</a>)<br />
using WebObjects, WebObjects handled the load with no problems, even though<br />
the site sustained 4.4 million hits within the store's first twelve hours<br />
of operation.</p>
<p>System Requirements</p>
<p>WebObjects 3.5 applications can be deployed on Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX,<br />
and OpenStep for Mach, the basis of Apple's new operating system code-named<br />
Rhapsody. The WebObjects Development Tools run on Windows NT and OpenStep<br />
for Mach. Database support is provided for Oracle, Sybase, Informix via<br />
high-performance client libraries, in addition to ODBC connectivity to<br />
other databases. WebObjects supports high-performance web server APIs from<br />
Microsoft (ISAPI) and Netscape (NSAPI), as well as any CGI 1.1-compliant<br />
web server.</p>
<p>Pricing and Availability</p>
<p>WebObjects 3.5 is currently shipping from Apple. Developer seats are U.S.<br />
$1,500; deployment licenses start at U.S. $7,500. Please contact Apple for<br />
more information.</p>
<p>About WebObjects</p>
<p>WebObjects is the market-leading platform for developing and deploying<br />
Internet or intranet applications. It includes an application server,<br />
pre-built application components, and rapid application development tools.<br />
Its strengths include flexible integration to enterprise information<br />
systems, and it has been the basis of a number of deployed customer care<br />
applications.</p>
<p>Apple Computer, Inc. ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s<br />
with the Apple II, and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with<br />
the Macintosh. Apple is now recommitted to its original mission - to bring<br />
the best personal computing products and support to students, educators,<br />
designers, scientists, engineers, businesspersons and consumers in over 140<br />
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