From: Conrad_Geiger@NeXT.com (International NeXT User Groups)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.programmer
Subject: NeXT JOINS OMG, NeXTSTEP Objects Fully OMG Conformant
Date: 24 Jul 92 19:36:56 GMT
Reply-To: user_groups@next.com
Followup-To: comp.sys.next.advocacy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:	Emily Brower
		Allison Thomas Associates
		(415) 777-0270


NeXT JOINS OMG
NeXTSTEP Objects Fully OMG Conformant

SAN FRANCISCO, July 21, 1992  -   NeXT Computer, Inc. today announced
that it has joined the Object Management Group (OMG) as a corporate
member and plans to participate in the OMG by submitting its
technology for consideration.

In addition, NeXT announced that its rich set of NeXTSTEP objects are
all fully OMG conformant.  As a result, NeXT becomes the first
computer company to ship an OMG-conformant suite of objects,
significantly ahead of its competitors.

The OMG-conformant objects include those provided in NeXTSTEP Release
3.0, NeXT's latest release of its highly acclaimed object-oriented
environment, as well as the third-party NeXTSTEP objects included in
the NeXT OBJECTWARE catalog, which was announced today.  NeXTSTEP 3.0
also includes Distributed Objects, placing NeXT significantly ahead
of its competitors in the race to offer distributed objects.

The announcements were made at ObjectWorld, a conference dedicated to
both the technology and business of object-oriented software, being
held here through July 23.

"We are certainly pleased to see NeXT, a leading provider of
object-oriented technology, join the OMG," said Chris Stone,
president of the OMG.  "We welcome NeXT's full participation in our
work to establish widely used standards for object technology."

"NeXT is the only platform with real OMG objects available now, way
ahead of our arch rival Sun," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO
of NeXT.  "NeXT is pleased to participate and offer its expertise in
the OMG, the industry's leading consortium focused on object-oriented
technology.  In joining, we also bring the experience and knowledge
of the entire NeXTSTEP community numbering in the tens of thousands
to the OMG, with the result being better object-oriented technology
for the entire industry."

"This is one more demonstration that NeXT is leading the way in
object-oriented systems," said Tom Campbell, senior vice president at
the First National Bank of Chicago, a NeXT customer.


About the OMG
Headquartered in Framingham, Mass., with marketing operations in
Boulder, Colo., the OMG is an international organization of systems
vendors, software developers and users founded to promote the theory
and practice of object management technology in the development of
software.  Its goal is to develop a common framework for
object-oriented applications based on industry guidelines.  The
adoption of this framework will make it possible to develop a
heterogeneous applications environment across all major hardware and
operating systems.

OMG membership spans five categories:  corporate, end user,
associate, university and subscribing memberships.  Corporate members
are entitled to full participation in all OMG activities, including
voting on the acceptance of technology for OMG standards, serving on
OMG's Technical Committee and submitting technology for adoption.

About NeXT
NeXT Computer, Inc. designs and markets the industry-acclaimed
NeXTSTEP object-oriented software environment, and designs,
manufactures and markets UNIX-based workstations that run NeXTSTEP.
NeXTSTEP and NeXT workstations are used by medium and large
organizations to develop and deploy mission-critical applications,
using both custom and shrink-wrapped software.  NeXT is headquartered
at 900 Chesapeake Drive, Redwood City, California, 94063.

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NeXT, the NeXT logo, NeXTSTEP and ObjectWare are trademarks of NeXT
Computer, Inc.  All other trademarks mentioned belong to their
respective owners.


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