SPRINGHOUSE, PA, January 3, 1997 -- Representatives from the leading
independent vendors of NEXTSTEP software announced today that they
support the NeXT/Apple merger and will demonstrate their existing
NEXTSTEP applications next week at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco.
Featured applications at the NEXTSTEP Application Developers booth will
include: the CHaRTSMITH charting package and DaTASCRIBE Database
Reporting Tool from Blacksmith, Inc.; Create, a full-featured drawing
application from Stone Design (www.stone.com); Mesa, a spreadsheet from
P&L Systems; PasteUp and WriteUp, desktop publishing and word processing
from Anderson Financial Systems; Pencil Me In, the leading personal and
group calendaring product, and SBook, a personal address book and contact
manager, both from Sarrus Software; and TIFFany II advanced image editing
from Caffeine Software. Demonstrations will focus on how these
applications work both separately and in combination in the integrated
NEXTSTEP environment.
"Interest in NeXT technology is sky high since the merger announcement,
and next week's keynote will only add to the curiosity," said Gregory H.
Anderson, Founder and CEO of Anderson Financial Systems. "We want to show
existing Apple developers and users that this technology supports serious
applications."
"The announcement of the Apple/NeXT merger has all NeXT-technology
enthusiasts excited about the new opportunities that will come from
this," added Tony Rennier, President of BLaCKSMITH. "NeXT's technology is
outstanding, and we look forward to demonstrating that to the Apple
community."
"As an early Macintosh and HyperTalk software house which was converted
to NEXT in 1989, Stone Design embraces the Apple/NeXT merger," said
Andrew Stone, CEO of Stone Design. "We have been shipping software for
NEXTSTEP/OpenStep for 8 years and are overjoyed that these technologies
will be available to the Macintosh market."
The NEXTSTEP Application Developers will be exhibiting in booth #3490,
along the back aisle of North Hall. For more information prior to the
show, contact Greg Anderson as listed above
--"Everything I know about Jobs tells me he's as passionate as ever about quality, ease of use and something that utterly eludes most of the Microsoft minions: a flat-out disgust with 'good enough'." Dan Gillmor's San Jose Mercury (21 December 1996): -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- <tbyars@earthlink.net>