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<p>Apple Announces Future Macintosh Operating System (OS) Strategy and Roadmap</p>
<p>Strategy Delivers Compatibility with Currently Shipping Mac Systems and<br />
Applications, Accelerates Delivery of Next-Generation Software, and<br />
Provides Smooth Migration to Next-Generation OS</p>
<p>Mac OS Upgrades to Continue; First 'Rhapsody' Release Scheduled to Ship<br />
Within 12 Months</p>
<p>MACWORLD/EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO--Jan. 7, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. today<br />
announced its strategy for the future evolution of the Macintosh operating<br />
system software, for Macintosh and Mac OS compatible personal computers.<br />
Apple plans to implement a strategy in which the Company will continue to<br />
deliver significant and regularly scheduled upgrades to the current Mac OS<br />
while accelerating development of a new and advanced operating system. The<br />
new operating system is code-named 'Rhapsody' and will be based on the<br />
merging of technologies from Apple and NeXT Software, Inc. (Apple announced<br />
its intent to acquire NeXT Software on Dec. 20, 1996.) As well as providing<br />
pioneering next generation technology, Rhapsody aims to provide strong<br />
backward compatibility for Mac OS software offering current customers a<br />
smooth migration path to the new OS.</p>
<p>Through this approach, the Company expects to provide customers and<br />
developers with a platform for exceptional and cutting-edge applications,<br />
while enhancing their current investment in the Mac OS. Apple also believes<br />
that the advanced technical underpinnings and rapid development environment<br />
of Rhapsody will allow developers to create new applications that leapfrog<br />
those of other 'modern' operating systems, such as Windows NT.<br />
Additionally, the Company anticipates that the scheduled enhancements to<br />
the Mac OS will retain its industry leadership in ease of use and<br />
multimedia, while greatly strengthening the software's Internet<br />
capabilities.</p>
<p>The first release of Rhapsody is expected to be launched to developers in<br />
mid to late 1997 and to customers within 12 months. Rhapsody is planned to<br />
incorporate features such as preemptive multitasking and protected memory,<br />
as well as a modern kernel. It is expected to also include a new<br />
Application Programming Interface (API) based on NeXT Software's OPENSTEP<br />
environment. In parallel Mac OS continues to evolve- -with a significant<br />
upgrade, Mac OS 7.6, announced today.</p>
<p>"Apple has laid out an OS strategy that provides customers and software<br />
developers with a safe, clear upgrade path to breakthrough next generation<br />
computing. With this approach customers can migrate at their own speed to<br />
21st century computing" said Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Chairman and CEO, Apple<br />
Computer Inc. "Today we also deliver on a commitment made at Macworld<br />
Boston in August, by announcing Mac OS 7.6, a robust and valuable update to<br />
our current operating system. Together, Mac OS and our next generation OS,<br />
Rhapsody, will allow customers and software developers to leverage existing<br />
Macintosh applications and provide a platform for a new era of software<br />
innovation from Apple and its industry allies".</p>
<p>OS Strategy Provides Clear Advantages For Customers and Developers</p>
<p>Apple believes that its OS Strategy provides clear differentiation from its<br />
system software competitors in four areas.</p>
<p>Smooth Transition Firstly, Apple's OS strategy allows both Mac OS and<br />
Rhapsody to share a similar look and feel and provide compatibility with<br />
existing Mac OS applications and hardware--giving customers and software<br />
developers a smooth upgrade path to next generation technology. Existing<br />
Mac OS software is expected to work within Rhapsody at PowerPC speeds.<br />
Additionally it is planned that Rhapsody will support today's currently<br />
shipping Mac OS personal computers, as well as future Mac OS hardware.</p>
<p>Advanced Operating System Secondly, Rhapsody is expected to provide<br />
customers and software developers with a robust, easy to use OS that<br />
delivers features such as preemptive multitasking, symmetric<br />
multiprocessing, and protected memory, based on a modern kernel. The<br />
integration of NeXT Software's OPENSTEP development environment in Rhapsody<br />
will provide software developers, in-house development teams, and new media<br />
specialists with a market-leading component software environment. This will<br />
allow new classes of software to be developed quickly and easily.</p>
<p>Multimedia Leadership Thirdly, Apple's OS Strategy will allow the Company<br />
to continue to lead the market in multimedia innovation. Apple intends to<br />
optimize its QuickTime Media Layer (QTML) for both Mac OS and Rhapsody<br />
moving forward, providing all Apple customers with multimedia leadership<br />
through the millennium. Apple also intends to further develop its value<br />
added hardware to improve the multimedia capabilities of Macintosh systems,<br />
with high performance PowerPC microprocessors and new classes of hardware<br />
acceleration technology.</p>
<p>Superior Internet Integration Apple plans to carry forward key technologies<br />
such as OpenDoc, Meta Content Format (MCF), and easy to use TCP/IP<br />
connectivity to maintain the Macintosh as a leading system for Internet<br />
access and the delivery of Internet content. The integration of Java--Sun<br />
Microsystems' platform-independent application environment for the Internet<br />
and corporate networks--will allow the company to provide market leading<br />
Internet capabilities in both Mac OS and Rhapsody. As an integral part of<br />
its OS strategy, Apple aims to incorporate Java in both Mac OS and<br />
Rhapsody, and today announced Mac OS Run Time for Java. (See separate<br />
release). Apple is committed to make both Mac OS and Rhapsody preeminent<br />
development and deployment platforms for Java technology. In addition,<br />
Apple expects that technology such as NeXT Software's Web Objects will<br />
further reinforce the Mac platform's Internet capabilities.</p>
<p>Roadmap Shows Complementary Approach</p>
<p>Apple's OS strategy offers two complementary product lines moving<br />
forward--Mac OS and Rhapsody. Customers in each of Apple's markets can<br />
migrate to Apple's next generation OS, Rhapsody, at their own speed. Apple<br />
also believes that Apple's new OS strategy will reinvigorate the Company's<br />
presence in key market segments, particularly the enterprise market. Apple<br />
anticipates many customers will remain on Mac OS for a number of years and<br />
intends to continue to upgrade this track of the OS in regular semiannual<br />
upgrades.</p>
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