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JOIN INDUSTRY LEADERS FOR OPENSTEP DAY AT OBJECT WORLD, SAN FRANCISCO

OpenStep(tm) Day at Object World San Francisco is your opportunity
to get up-to-the-minute details on OpenStep, the premier object
technology solution for client/server corporate computing. OpenStep,
developed by NeXT (tm) Computer and adopted by industry leaders,
including Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard , and Digital
Equipment, is the object-oriented, operating-system independent
framework for cross-platform, rapid-application development. Don't
miss this premier event to learn how to put OpenStep to work for
your organization today.

THREE TRACKS TO CHOOSE FROM

In addition to Steve Jobs' keynote address and the plenary sessions,
OpenStep Day offers attendees three concurrent tracks: an executive
track for executives and managers, and two technical tracks, one
for the new developer and one the advanced developer. More than 15
sessions are presented by senior technical staff members from NeXT
as well as senior managers from leading-edge organizations such as
Chrysler Financial, Fannie Mae and MCI.

* Executive Forum for CIOs, vice presidents, and IS managers to
learn how object technology can help meet today's business challenges.

* Introduction to Object Development for programmers, developers,
and managers who are new to NEXTSTEP(tm).

* Advanced Object Development for programmers, developers, and
managers who have some experience working with NEXTSTEP.

WHY OBJECTS? WHY OPENSTEP?

Users of object technology at FORTUNE 1000 organizations say there's
no better way to improve performance, cut costs, boost profits and
build competitive advantage. OpenStep, the emerging object standard
for three-tier client/server systems, dramatically reduces the time
and expense for developing and deploying mission-critical business
applications.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Designed for IT executives, corporate and commercial software
developers, IS directors, system integrators, and VARs, OpenStep
Day is the place to discover why so many organizations are making
the move to objects. Managers and technologists considering object
technology should attend OpenStep Day to learn more about today's
latest issues, including rapid application development, cross-platform
development, interoperability with legacy systems, relational
database connectivity, scalable system deployment, and much more.
Whether you're new to objects or just want to learn more about
today's hottest technology, OpenStep Day is the prerequisite to
this year's Object World San Francisco, where you will also find
dozens of sessions given by the foremost object technologists in
the industry.

REGISTER TODAY - SPACE LIMITED

To register or receive more information about OpenStep Day at Object
World San Francisco, please call 1-800-225-4698 from the United
States or Canada, fax 1 (508) 872-8237 or e-mail* o...@omg.org .
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SPECIAL PRODUCT BUNDLE FOR OPENSTEP DAY ATTENDEES ONLY $299!!
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All registered attendees of OPENSTEP DAY at Object World, San
Francisco are eligible to our product bundle which includes: NEXTSTEP
User, NEXTSTEP Developer, and Enterprise Objects Framework at a
special starter-kit price of $299.
Limit one per OPENSTEP DAY attendee.
Call 1-800-TRY-NeXT to order product

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FREE STATE-OF-THE-ART NEXTSTEP LAPTOP -- DON'T MISS THIS DRAWING!
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Be sure to stop by NeXT's booth on the Object World show floor to
register to win a fully-loaded Pentium-based NEXTSTEP laptop computer.
Laptop computer courtesy of Advanced Information Solutions, the
leading provider of NEXTSTEP/OpenStep portable solutions.

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OPENSTEP DAY KICK-OFF
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OpenStep Day Keynote:
The Future of Objects

Steven P. Jobs 8:30a
Steve Jobs delivers the opening keynote address to all OpenStep Day
and Object World attendees. Steve will discuss the current state
of objects in the corporate market, and how OpenStep the emerging
volume object standard will allow object-based applications to be
deployed across multiple operating systems and hardware platforms.
In addition, Jobs will unveil new technologies from NeXT, including
OpenStep objects for Windows as well as tools for building distributed
applications on the World Wide Web.

Steven P. Jobs is Chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc.

Plenary Session 1
OpenStep: The Industry Standard Object Layer for Unix & Windows

Paul Hegarty 9:45a
Discover how NeXT and its industry partners are driving OpenStep
to become the volume object standard, running on NeXT's MachOS,
Sun's Solaris(tm), Digital's Unix(tm), and Microsoft's Windows
NT(tm) and Windows 95(tm). Hegarty examines the OpenStep technology
and products that provide a distributed, object-oriented application
environment, allowing objects and applications to use common APIs
and achieve portability regardless of the underlying operating
system or hardware platform. He discusses how to use these technologies
to build objects, frameworks, and applications that can be deployed
transparently on clients, database servers, and compute servers.

Paul Hegarty is Vice President of OpenStep Engineering, responsible
for engineering activities related to the OpenStep initiative on
all platforms and serves as the chief technologist for OpenStep.
Hegarty was a principal architect of NeXT's object-oriented system
software, including the Application Kit(tm). Before joining NeXT
in 1988, he completed his graduate research project at Stanford
University in object-oriented graphical user-interface environments.

Plenary Session 2
Spinning an Object-Oriented Web: Connecting the Internet & Objects

Avadis Tevanian, Jr. 11:00a
The Internet and object technology are two of the hottest emerging
technologies for businesses today. The Internet is allowing
organizations to distribute vast amounts of information about
products and services to new audiences; and this new digital medium
is now being used to advance commerce. What if object technology
and the Internet could find common ground and allow developers to
use new tools for rapidly building Internet applications? Find out
how NeXT is combining its industry-acclaimed object technology with
the World Wide Web.

Avadis Tevanian, Jr. is Vice President of Engineering, responsible
for managing NeXT's Engineering department. He has been part of
NeXT's engineering team for more than seven years, previously leading
the development of technologies including NeXT's RISC-based products,
PDO, and the Mach operating system. Tevanian was a principal designer
and engineer of Mach, the operating system upon which NEXTSTEP is
based. Tevanian completed his Ph.D. in computer science at Carnegie
Mellon University.

Plenary Session 3
Ask NeXT Engineers

NeXT senior engineers entertain your questions about NEXTSTEP and
OpenStep in this forum that is open to all OpenStep Day attendees.
A preview of NEXTSTEP 4.0 is included. Be sure to arrive early as
this will be a standing-room-only event. Reception to follow.

Avie Tevanian, Vice President, Engineering, NeXT Computer, Inc. (moderator)

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1:00 TRACK 1
Executive Forum

Three-Tier, Distributed Client/Server Architectures: An Enterprise Strategy

This session explores the first-hand experiences of a customer and
a system integrator who use the Enterprise Objects Framework and
PDO to build objects that can be deployed transparently on clients,
database servers, and compute servers. EOF enables the construction
of enterprise business objects and stores them in industry-standard
relational databases. PDO allows objects in a single application
to be distributed across a heterogeneous network of OpenStep and
NEXTSTEP clients, and a range of industry-standard servers including
those running Solaris, SunOS, Digital Unix, HP/UX, and Windows NT.

Van Simmons
Principal, VNP Software
Simmons is a founder and principal of VNP Software, a leading
developer and integrator for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. In addition to
working closely with such clients as Chrysler Financial, First
National Bank of Chicago, Ameritech, and Skyway Freight, he is the
chief architect of DevMan, a software configuration management
solution. Prior to founding VNP, Simmons worked as a software
engineer for Symmetrix and IBM.

Brian Hyland
Director, Application Development, Skyway Freight
Hyland and his team are developing and deploying mission-critical
applications to automate a variety of customer service functions.
Applications in company-wide deployment include a claims processing
application and a strategic account information management application.
(More information about Skyway may be found at http://www.skyway.com/.)
Prior to joining Skyway, Hyland spent seven years as director of
software engineering and support at Amdahl and ten years before
that at IBM.

Migrating to Object-Oriented Technology: A Manager's Overview of
OOA&D, Methodology, Project Management and Mentorship

In addition to hiring talented developers, every organization needs
a roadmap that focuses on how it will migrate to and benefit from
object-oriented development. In this session, NeXT's professional
services team describes the Object Expert (OE) program, a tight
link between NeXT and customer project teams. OEs advise and
facilitate the progress and direction of in-house corporate development
teams working on large NEXTSTEP-based projects. OEs assist organizations
planning OOA&D, project management, and mentorship programs.

Scott Abel
Director, Engineering Services, North America, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Abel joined NeXT in 1988, and he currently oversees Engineering
Services and the Object Expert Program. His team assists customers
with the proper design, architecture, and deployment of custom
applications. Previously, Abel was the Director of North American
Systems Engineering. Prior to joining NeXT, he worked at Apollo
Computers, specializing in 3D graphics systems and user interface
technology.

The Object Advantage for Legacy Systems Integration

Today, many MIS teams are tasked with transitioning their organizations'
mainframe applications to a client/server architecture. In this
session, discover how information managers are providing users with
the best and most effective client/server tools while maintaining
legacy system investments.

Scott Opitz
Director, Sales & Marketing, Conextions, Inc.
Opitz leads sales and marketing for Conextions, a leading provider
of legacy communications solutions for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep. He
has 10 years of experience in product development of PC and
workstation-based products on MS-DOS, Windows, OS/2, and Unix
platforms.

Real World Applications: Strategies for Object Reuse: A Customer Panel

One of the principal benefits of object-orientation is the ability
to reuse technology. At this session, managers describe how they
have increased reuse across related projects and applications.Chrysler
Financial's team, for example, realized nearly 50% reuse of core
objects across applications in the first year of development. Booz,
Allen & Hamilton's study of NEXTSTEP development showed that
developers could attain a five to ten times productivity increase,an
experience confirmed by integrators and customers worldwide. Learn
how NeXT technology encourages reuse and how organizations have
built teams to best leverage and reuse technology.

Mike Adelson
Manager of Objects, Data and Technology, Chrysler Financial Corp.
Adelson led a team that developed and deployed a suite of client/server
NEXTSTEP applications to more than 100 locations with 2500 users
throughout North America. The team is currently setting direction
for object-oriented programming throughout CFC, as well as developing
the enterprise libraries to support the new paradigm.

Brad Carlson
Director, Consumer Sales and Service Development, MCI Communications
An 11-year veteran of MCI Communications, Carlson is currently
Director of Consumer Sales and Service Development for MCI
Communications, responsible for a variety client/server development
efforts. Carlson has held several development and management positions
with Amtrak, McDonnell Douglas, and Electronic Data Systems.

Mark House
Director, Software Engineering, Fannie Mae
For three years, House has been developing tools and techniques for
object-based software development. His team has developed in-house
standards for object analysis and design and is currently training
the entire development organization on this approach. Fannie Mae
has developed and deployed numerous NEXTSTEP enterprise applications
and are establishing an Object Factory to develop reusable components.

Enterprise Applications using Object Technology

This session looks beyond the headlines and the hype and discusses
why leading organizations are betting on object technology. Managers
are realizing time to market benefits inherent in adopting object
technology that allow them to gain competitive advantage. Topics
include the principals of object-oriented technology in the context
of business objects, identifying return on investment success, and
contrasting conventional approaches.

Charly Kleissner
Director, OpenStep Software, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Charly Kleissner is responsible for NeXT's OpenStep development,
including Enterprise Objects Framework. Prior to joining NeXT,
Kleissner managed the development of Digital Equipment's object-oriented
workflow solutions; his background also includes distributed database
product development for Hewlett-Packard. Kleissner earned his Ph.D
in distributed databases from the University of Technology, Vienna.

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1:00 TRACK 2
Introduction to Object Development

Introduction to NEXTSTEP for Programmers

Treat yourself to an overview of the industry's premier object-oriented
development environment. Topics include: the three simple additions
made to the C language to create Objective C, as well as creating
Objective C classes; user interfaces and logical models with NEXTSTEP
frameworks; the Application Kit; polymorphism; multiwindow applications;
and much more.

Vidas Neverauskas
Manager, Systems Consulting, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Neverauskas manages NeXT's field system engineering activities in
the financial services marketplace. He works with Fortune 1000
organizations to evaluate requirements, prototype solutions, and
facilitate deployment of mission-critical business applications.
Prior to joining NeXT in 1989, Neverauskas worked in academic
computing at University of Michigan in the Center for Information
Technology Integration.

Technology Transfer: Migrating to Object-Oriented Technology

Migrating to object-oriented technology can be a challenge for
today's enterprise, technically, organizationally, and culturally.
This sessions looks at making the transition from traditional
environments to NEXTSTEP and OpenStep, including examples from firms
that successfully made the move.

Joe Freeman
Consulting Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Freeman is a six-year veteran of NeXT's field-based engineering
activities and has worked on site with NEXTSTEP customers in a
variety of capacities. In addition to his current field projects,
he is exploring opportunities to bring the World Wide Web and objects
together to provide enabling technologies for building and deploying
distributed WWW applications. Previously, Freeman was a regional
systems engineer for Hewlett-Packard where he aided customers in
aerospace, military, and telecom markets with embedded software
development and electronic hardware testing.

Dennis Gentry
Consulting Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Gentry joined NeXT in 1989 and has held positions in information
systems and developer support; most recently he has worked as a
Consulting Engineer, assisting customers with the design, architecture,
and deployment of custom applications. Prior to NeXT, he finished
his master's in computer science at the University of Washington.

Integrating OpenStep Applications in a Mixed Language Environment

C++ and Objective C can co-exist peacefully. This session covers
the details of mixing C++ and Objective C in a real-world production
environment. Topics include the various approaches to mixing the
languages as well as common pitfalls to avoid.

Mark Wagner
Manager, Development Environment, NeXT Computer, Inc.
As Manager of the Development Environment Group at NeXT, Wagner is
responsible for program development tools for NEXTSTEP and OpenStep.
Prior to joining NeXT, he worked for the Procase Corporation
developing an integrated program development environment for Unix
based workstations. Wagner's background includes work on editors
for programmers, object-oriented databases, and Lisp-based systems.

Architecting Database Applications for Performance, Scalability,
and Distribution: An In-Depth Look at Enterprise Objects Framework
and Portable Distributed Objects

This session provides an analysis of building applications using
the Enterprise Objects Framework and Portable Distributed Objects
(PDO). EOF is a powerful yet flexible environment to create and
reuse business objects that process information stored in relational
databases. PDO provides libraries and tools for enabling objects
in a single application to be distributed across a heterogeneous
network of OpenStep and NEXTSTEP clients and a range of servers.
These products advance the creation and deployment of distributed
database applications transparently on clients, database servers,
and compute servers.

Bertrand P. Serlet
Manager, Enterprise Objects Framework, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Serlet is responsible for managing the development of the Enterprise
Objects Framework. He has been part of NeXT's engineering team for
more than six years, previously leading the development of Foundation
Kit and playing a key role in defining OpenStep. Before joining
NeXT, Serlet was a researcher at Xerox PARC, and a long time ago
completed his Ph.D. on VLSI design at the University of Orsay,
France.

OpenStep Objects Come to Windows: A Sneak Preview of Developing
Distributed Windows Applications using PDO

This session provides an early look at the process of integrating
PDO objects into Windows-based development projects. NeXT's forthcoming
product Portable Distributed Objects for Windows allows developers
using tools such as Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual C++ to use PDO
and EOF objects, providing the flexibility and transparent distribution
not available with OLE. Demonstrations include building a distributed
Windows application using Visual Basic and PDO.

Kresten Krab Thorup
Software Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Thorup is a Software Engineer with the team responsible for developing
NeXT's Foundation technologies, and he is a principal designer of
NeXT's OLE interoperability solution. He has been part of NeXT's
engineering team for two years, previously responsible for NEXTSTEP's
Objective C compiler and runtime system. Thorup is on leave from
his study in computer science from Aalborg University, Denmark.

Paul Marcos
Software Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Marcos is a Software Engineer in NeXT's Foundation technology group
and is focused on bringing PDO to Windows operating systems. Marcos
has been a major contributor to NeXT's OLE interoperability technology.
Prior to joining NeXT, Marcos was a Windows multimedia and NEXTSTEP
consultant with companies including Adobe, Kaleida, and GO.

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1:00 TRACK 3
Advanced Object Development

PDO OpenStep Distributed Object Model: An In-Depth Technical Discussion

Businesses considering object orientation not only need to understand
technology, they also need to understand industry acronymsOLE, PDO,
CORBA, SOM, DSOM, COM, and so on. This session provides an overview
of industry object models and describes the OpenStep object model,
PDO, including how it interoperates will other object models. Also
included is a demonstration of interoperability between PDO and
OLE/COM to provide distributed OLE, showing how OpenStep is supporting,
defining, and advancing open industry standards.

Blaine Garst
Software Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Garst is the architect of NeXT's Distributed Object system and
co-architect of the Foundation software. Prior to joining NeXT in
1990, Garst managed Unix System V software development where he
architected the assimilation of BSD and Sun functionality, and for
a brief time, prototyped a nanokernel for System V.

Gordie Freedman
Manager, PDO Development, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Freedman is the manager and technical lead for PDO development,
most recently leading the PDO 3.0 team and is currently working on
extensions to PDO and Foundation. Prior to NeXT, he was a staff
engineer at Kaleida Labs in charge of the development of the
distributed object runtime for ScriptX.

Object-Oriented Analysis and Design in OpenStep

This session discusses the conceptual and practical aspects of
producing object-oriented architectures for the OpenStep environment.
Special attention is paid to new modeling and design techniques
made possible through Objective C and the frameworks provided in
OpenStep. Attendees should be familiar with object-oriented programming
and the basic concepts of analysis and design such as E-R models
and state diagrams.

John Graziano
Senior Software Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Graziano joined NeXT in 1994 and currently works in the Development
Environment Group. Previously, he was a Project Leader for NeXT
Professional Services, overseeing training projects and developing
a curriculum for Object-Oriented Analysis and Design. Prior to
joining NeXT, he worked as an independent consultant, specializing
in NEXTSTEP development, object-oriented methodologies, and financial
applications.

From NEXTSTEP to OpenStep: Migrating to OpenStep for Windows and
OpenStep for Unix

This session focuses on the OpenStep API and on conversion tools
built by NeXT to allow existing applications to achieve OpenStep
compliance. Most large organizations today run mixed computing
environments that include a variety of operating systems. OpenStep
bridges the gap between Windows and Unix by providing common APIs
to achieve cross-platform portability regardless of the underlying
operating system or hardware platform.

Trey Matteson
Manager, Application Kit Group, NeXT Computer, Inc.
Matteson is a principal architect of OpenStep. One of NeXT's earliest
software engineers, he joined the company in 1986 and has been a
senior contributor to the Application Kit, OpenStep's object-oriented
user interface toolkit and application framework. During his tenure
at NeXT, Matteson has designed and implemented numerous subsystems
of the Application Kit.

Enterprise Deployment & Network Administration for NEXTSTEP/OpenStep
This is an opportunity to gain insight into the scalable deployment
of NEXTSTEP/OpenStep technology: either to departmental groups or
to large, enterprise-wide groups. This session is intended for
system and network administrators who manage large and complex
networks and want to employ the advanced capabilities of the NetInfo
administrative database system. Topics include NetInfo design;
database services, clients and system processes; communications
protocols; troubleshooting NetInfo configurations; and general
issues encountered as solutions are implemented across the enterprise.

Alan Marcum
Premium Support Engineer, NeXT Computer, Inc.
A member of NeXT's Premium Support team. Marcum joined NeXT in 1988.
He has extensive experience in supporting customers' large IP-based
networks. Marcum has also published numerous articles about NEXTSTEP
network and system administration, and he has taught training
classes, including Advanced NetInfo. He holds advanced degrees in
electrical engineering and computer science from MIT.

Lifecycle Testing for OpenStep Applications

Even with the radical advances in object oriented development,
testing is often left to the end of the process where benefits are
not as great as if it had been an integral part of the development
cycle. This session discusses where testing fits in the object-oriented
software lifecycle, from analysis through maintenance. Included is
a demonstration of systems for both GUI-based and object-level
testing to perform rigorous, repeatable testing on OpenStep
applications.

Jerry Goode
Engineering Project Manager, NeXT Computer Inc.
Goode began his involvement with NeXT's field-based engineering in
1989. He has managed Systems Engineering and Consulting Engineering
groups at NeXT, assisting customers with the design, architecture,
and deployment of enterprise wide custom applications. Goode's
background includes development of World Wide Web information
products with Starwave Corp. and 12 years of developing client/server
applications.

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NeXT EVENTS AT OBJECT WORLD

Tuesday, August 15

Object World, Moscone Center
Main show floor opens
Object World conference begins

10:00a-6:00p
NeXT Object Expert Hospitality Suite

11:00a-6:00p
NeXT Corporate Booth & Partners' Pavilion
Exhibits open

3:45-4:00p
NeXT Technology Briefing (Object World Program)

8:00p-1:00a
OpenStep Party at the Center for the Arts
OpenStep Day attendees & invited guests

Wednesday, August 16

11:00a-6:00p
Next Corporate Booth & Partners' Pavilion
Exhibits open

6:00p
Computerworld Object Application Awards
Hosted by Steve Jobs

Thursday, August 17

9:00-1:30a
NPR Town Meeting Distributed Computing Using Object Technology
Steve Jobs participating

1:00a-2:00p
NeXT Corporate Booth & Partners' Pavilion
Exhibits open

12:45-1:30p
Industries in Action: Telecommunications
Brad Carlson, MCI

2:00-3:30p
A Case Study: Detecting Software Development, Failures and Recovering
Mike Adelson, Chrysler Financial

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OPENSTEP PARTY
NeXT, Sun & HP

Who: OpenStep Day attendees, invited guests
Day: Tuesday, August 15
Time: 8:00p - 1:00a
Where: Center for the Arts, Yerba Buena Gardens
Join Steve Jobs, the employees of NeXT and industry partners Sun
and Hewlett-Packard for a gathering of the OpenStep partners. Don't
miss this evening of dancing, mingling, and fun at the brand new
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Attendees of OpenStep Day (and a
guest) as well as invited guests are admitted with compliments of
NeXT.

THE BEST OF OBJECTS

Computerworld Object Application Awards
Who: Attendees of Object World
Day: Wednesday, August 16
Time: 6:00p
Where: Moscone Center
For the fourth consecutive year, Computerworld magazine sponsors
the Computerworld Object Application Awards Competition. Hosted by
Steve Jobs of NeXT and Gary Beach of Computerworld, this year's
awards ceremony promises to be entertaining and educational. Previous
winners include a NEXTSTEP financial risk management system in
deployment at Creditanstalt, a financial services firm in Vienna,
Austria.

Join Object World attendees, industry executives,and press to find
out which organizations are making the best use of object technology
in today's enterprises. Be sure to stay for the entire ceremony and
join the winners for an IBM-sponsored reception following the
program.

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CO-SPONSORS OF OPENSTEP DAY

Two years ago, Hewlett-Packard and NeXT formed a business
relationship designed to help customers take advantage of NeXT's
innovative object software running on HP 9000 systems. HP and NeXT's
mutual customers now reap the benefits of joint research and
development investments, product integration, and collaboration to
deliver enterprise customer solutions. Object technology users will
benefit from attending OpenStep Day as a forum for learning and
sharing ideas.

--John Whelan, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Objects Program

SunSoft is pleased to be the first OpenStep partner and a sponsor
of OpenStep Day at Object World San Francisco. By doing so, we are
demonstrating our commitment to the OpenStep environment as an
integral part of our DOE product family. With DOE, customers can
now respond more quickly to market changes by building flexible,
distributed enterprise-wide information systems that are significantly
easier to customize, modify, administer, and maintain. Join SunSoft
for OpenStep Day at Object World, along with other OpenStep partners,
in establishing the industry standard object environment. We look
forward to seeing you at Object World in August.

--Bud Tribble, Vice President, Object Products, SunSoft, Inc.

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NeXT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Take Stock in Objects: Make Your Appointment With An Expert

Here's your chance to get some one-on-one time with an Object Expert
(OE) from NeXT. Visit NeXT's Professional Services hospitality
suite in the San Francisco Marriott, and you'll have an opportunity
to consult with an OE about your object technology migration plans.
OEs provide feedback on key architecture approaches, suggest design
alternatives, and explain what role NeXT's Object Experts can play
in delivering successful projects for your organization today.

The Object Expert Program provides onsite NEXTSTEP expertise to
advise, facilitate, and contribute to organizations' successful
application development and deployment projects. Organizations with
development teams working on large corporate projects should consider
the Object Expert Program.
Each appointment is a private, 30-minute meeting. NeXT encourages
you to prepare questions and discussion topics in advance in order
to maximize your time with the OE.

Who: MIS Managers, Directors, and CIOs
When: Monday, August 14, 1:00p - 5:30p
Tuesday, August 15, :00a - 6:00p
Where: San Francisco Marriott (one block from Moscone)
This service is offered by appointment only and availability is
limited. To request a time or get more information on NeXT's
Professional Services, please send your request via e-mail to:
oe_a...@next.com with the subject line ``OE Appts.''

A FULL SERVICE ORGANIZATION: EDUCATION

Join trainers from NeXT's Education department in the Partners'
Pavilion to discuss your educational needs and learn about the
latest classes being offered by NeXT. The latest Education Catalog,
including a schedule of classes, debuts at Object World.

In addition, NeXT Education has scheduled the following classes to
take advantage of your Object World travel plans. The following
classes are scheduled for our Redwood City training facility.
Registration is limited.

August 7

* Programming with Enterprise Objects Framework

August 21

* NEXTSTEP System Administration
* Programming NEXTSTEP II: Developing NEXTSTEP Applications

To enroll, please contact NeXT Telesales at 1-800-955-NeXT.

SUPPORT
NeXT offers a complete line of support products for your development,
system administration, and network management needs ranging from
free installation to premium on-site support. Meet support specialists
at our pavilion to answer your technical questions.
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NeXT's Booth at Object World

Visit NeXT's booth #710 on the exhibit floor for product demonstrations
held every 30 minutes. Highlights include OpenStep objects for
Windows, tools for building distributed applications on the World
Wide Web, and NEXTSTEP User and Developer, Enterprise Objects
Framework and Portable Distributed Objects.

NEXTSTEP, now in its third major release, is the only proven,
customer-tested, object-oriented software available today. NEXTSTEP
Developer includes a complete object framework and all the tools
needed to build advanced, easy-to-use applications. Enterprise
Objects Framework is a breakthrough product that brings the benefits
of object orientation to database application development. Portable
Distributed Objects extends NEXTSTEP's industry-leading object model
and messaging architecture to industry-standard operating systems
and servers, scaling that advantage from the desktop to the data
center.

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NEXTSTEP Partners' Pavilion

More than 20 vendors are featured in the OpenStep Partners' Pavilion
on the show floor. Visit booth #634 to see the latest products and
partners including business productivity applications, ObjectWare,
as well as systems integrators and object consultants. A partial
list of exhibitors, as of June 20, include:

Advanced Information Solutions, Inc.
Advanced Information Solutions (AIS) is NEXTSTEP systems integration
and consulting firm. AIS has also developed and markets a mobile
computing solution based on the NEC Versa laptop: the only
Pentium-based, high resolution system currently available for
NEXTSTEP. AIS also provides a powerful legacy system migration
solution, based on products from Conextions, Inc.

BLaCKSMITH, Inc.
CHaRTSMITH, NEXTSTEP's most popular charting and graphing solution,
is a robust application designed to make producing presentation-quality
charts simple for all users. For professionals, CHaRTSMITH provides
an elegant, easy to use interface loaded with special effects. For
developers, CHaRTSMITH provides a Distributed Objects Application
Programmer's Interface (API) to allow complete programming access
to CHaRTSMITH through custom applications.

Conextions, Inc.
Conextions offers a comprehensive line of legacy systems re-engineering
tools. These products allow developers working on a variety of
platforms to deploy mission-critical applications for NEXTSTEP/OpenStep,
Solaris, Windows NT, and Windows 95, that seamlessly integrate
legacy data and business logic from IBM mainframe, AS/400, and a
variety of ASCII host environments.

Everest Software Corp.
Everest Software presents Everest Asset Management 1.5 for NEXTSTEP,
a powerful application that extends asset management across all
aspects of an infrastructure to include the management of software,
equipment, contracts, personnel, services, and consumables. It
provides for asset tracking, financial analysis, simulation analysis,
configuration management, and other critical business functions.
The application is an all-encompassing solution to many of the
problems facing organizations today.

GS Corp.
GS develops and markets software solutions for re-engineering the
enterprise in document processing, database publishing, and graphic
arts. Products include Collaggi Palette, a visual browser, eTRANSCAN
and eXTRAREAD for input and OCR, and eTRAPRINT for output to black
and white and color printers, including the Canon CL.

Hewlett-Packard
HP and NeXT combine the forces of NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented
software, with Hewlett-Packard's spectrum of scalable desktop-to-datacenter
computers, including: HP Apollo 9000 Series 700 workstations,
Intel-based Vectra(tm) PCs, and Series 700 and 800 servers. These
Object Enterprise solutions, as well as Portable Distributed Objects
for HP-UX, are shipping today.

Insignia Solutions
SoftPC 4.0 for NEXTSTEP for Intel lets users run thousands of Windows
and MS-DOS applications without leaving the NEXTSTEP environment.
SoftPC 4.0 comes complete with Microsoft Windows 3.1 and MS-DOS 5.0
pre-installed. SoftPC 4.0 also provides easy access to Novell NetWare
and UNIX servers and supports WinSock compliant applications.

Object Technologies, Inc.
OTI is an authorized distributor of NEXTSTEP and the only authorized
reseller for the NEXTSTEP Academic Bundle. OTI is a leading distributor
of third-party applications and hardware for NEXTSTEP. Also look
for our latest in Pentium-based NEXTSTEP technology, Pentium 133
and laptop solutions.

Pencom Software
Pencom Software features its new release of its market leading
co-Xist X-Window solution now running on Sun SPARC(tm) workstations.
co-Xist is a complete implementation of the X Window System (X11R5)
for NEXTSTEP. It allows users to access hundreds of X-based
applications on remote platforms including Sun, HP, DEC, and IBM.

Stone Design Corp.
Stone Design Corp., of Albuquerque, New Mexico was founded in 1984
and develops a variety of business productivity applications for
NEXTSTEP.

Sun Soft
SunSoft is making software development faster, simpler, more flexible,
and less expensive through object-oriented technology. See for
yourself and visit SunSoft in booths 802 and 1136.

Tensor Information Systems, Inc.
Tensor is a systems integrator headquartered in Dallas/Fort Worth,
Texas dedicated to providing custom client/server NEXTSTEP solutions.
As a NeXT Object Channel Partner, Tensor provides skilled engineering
resources to manage and implement large NEXTSTEP projects. Tensor
is also a Hewlett-Packard and Oracle Channel partner.

VVI Data Control Specialists
Founded in 1989 VVI Data Control Specialists serves the most
influential object-based enterprises and is dedicated to delivering
successful object-based solutions using Objective-C, C++, Enterprise
Objects, Distributed Objects, and client/server methods and
technologies. VVI-DCS also makes OpenGraph, the comprehensive
object-based framework for real-time and interactive data display
in graph format.

Yrrid Incorporated
Yrrid develops and markets Cables, an advanced terminal emulation
and connectivity application for NEXTSTEP. Cables is targeted at
large corporations requiring access to legacy applications and data
stored on mainframes and mini computers, including IBM 3270, IBM
5250, DEC, and Wyse.

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EXCLUSIVE HOTEL AND AIRLINE DISCOUNTS

ANA Hotel $128.00
Located one block from Moscone Center and the Center for the Arts,
this stylish hotel offers contemporary rooms featuring three phones
with voicemail and data ports, in-room safe, full-sized desks,
mini-bar, hot pot, and video check-out. The ANA also features a
full-service Business Center and Fitness Center.

Hotel Milano $110.00
San Francisco's newest and most exciting boutique hotel is located
just two blocks from Moscone Center and adjacent to San Francisco
Centre specialty shops and Nordstrom. The modern, Italian-inspired
rooms feature dual-line speaker telephones with voicemail and data
ports, oversized writing desk, mini-bar, Nintendo video game system,
and soundproof windows. A Fitness Room and Bistro M accentuate this
delightful hotel.

King George $ 89.00
The King George is popular for it's European-style intimacy and
convenient location just two blocks from Union Square. Continental
buffet breakfast and English high tea served in it's ``Bread and
Honey Tearoom.''

Orchard Hotel $90.00
Distinctly European in style, the Orchard Hotel is a boutique hotel
located two blocks from Union Square. Guest rooms feature ``home
away from home'' appointments such as mini-bar, armoire, cable TV,
and comfortable furnishings. Guests enjoy complimentary coffee and
newspaper in the lobby lounge.

Parc Fifty-Five $112.00
This newly-renovated, luxury hotel commands spectacular views of
the San Francisco Bay and skyline. Located four blocks from Moscone
Center, and only steps from Union Square and Nordstrom/San Francisco
Shopping Centre, the Parc Fifty-Five offers two restaurants, a new
Sports and News Bar, Health Club, and a full-service Business Center.

San Francisco Marriott $154.00
The San Francisco Marriott is one block from Moscone Center and the
Center for the Arts. Hotel services include three restaurants and
four lounges, including the spectacular 39th floor View Lounge,
Business Center, indoor pool, and Health Club with fitness classes,
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include voicemail and data ports, iron/ironing board, video check-out,
clock radio, and luxurious guest room appointments to ensure guest
comfort convenience.

Sheraton Palace $155.00
A recent renovation restored San Francisco's most historical hotel
to its original grandeur. Three blocks from Moscone Center, the
Palace is resplendent with three restaurants including the world-famous
``Garden Court,'' a full service Business Center, Health Spa that
includes an exercise room, whirlpool, and sauna, and an indoor lap
pool. Special guest room touches include the bathrooms finished in
marble, safe, refrigerator, data ports, high vaulted ceilings, and
evening turn-down service.

Villa Florence $109.00
Its Union Square location is in the heart of the City's shopping
mecca, this intimate and comfortable boutique hotel prides itself
on its beautifully decorated rooms and European-style lobby. All
rooms feature a fully stocked honor bar and coffee/tea maker. The
hotel is home to San Francisco's award-winning Northern Italian
restaurant, ``Kuleto's.''

All rooms subject to applicable state and local taxes.

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Fly on United Airlines and receive an exclusive fare discount of
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Refer to File #64690 and Booking Rate Code GR.