NEXT DEMONSTRATES REAL SOLUTIONS FOR THE WEB AT WEBMANIA EVENT

Steve Jobs unveils products, services and customer support for NeXT
solutions

WEBMANIA, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-January 30, 1996-NeXT Software today made a
series of announcements and demonstrated new products that secure the
company's position as a key provider of software and services for Internet
and Intranet development at the company's WebMania event in San
Francisco.

Kicking-off the event, Jobs demonstrated its WebObjects product suite
(WebObjects, WebObjects Pro, and WebObjects Enterprise) for developing
server- based solutions for the Enterprise and the Internet, and showed
the technology accessing data stored in mainframe and relational database
systems to build interactive Web pages.

In addition, the company announced:

 Anew WebConstructors group, a division of NeXT's professional
 services organization, to help customers quickly build dynamic
 Web sites

 A multi-million dollar deal with mortgage leader Fannie Mae
 Plans to support Sun and Netscape's Java and JavaScript technologies
 for the server

 An official name change from NeXT Computer to NeXT Software

At WebMania, Jobs demonstrated the power of WebObjects by acting as a
virtual travel agent, using a Netscape Web browser to select and book
airline flights in real-time with OAG Travel Services over the Internet
via a WebObjects adapter and interface. The flight information is
seamlessly transmitted over the Internet from Jobs' PC on stage at San
Francisco's Center for the Arts Theatre, to and from the OAG's central
server located in Illinois.

"Accessing dynamic information from the OAG's mainframe in Illinois is a
perfect example of how WebObjects can enable companies to vend their
dynamic information on the Web, and capture additional transactions
through this new way to reach customers," said Steve Jobs, Chairman and
CEO of NeXT Software, Inc.

Peter Sontag, president of OAG Travel Services, adds that "making OAG
travel information available on the Internet is a logical extension of our
current on- line and electronic travel transaction and services. In
combination with powerful tools, such as WebObjects, companies like ours
can leverage the technology investments we've made to deliver on the great
promise of the Web."

WEBOBJECTS PRODUCT SUITE: REAL SOLUTIONS FOR AN UNREAL MARKET

NeXT's revolutionary Web solution addresses the needs of today's Web
developers who want to incorporate their existing backend systems into the
Web without being tied to any one system or standard. WebObjects is
designed to meet these needs and leverages a corporation's investment in
technology by enabling access to multiple legacy data sources while also
offering managers the peace of mind that the technology will continue to
evolve as new standards, such as Java and JavaScript, are created and
adopted.

WebObjects' open environment is;

 Data source independent - works with industry standard data
 sources such as Oracle, Informix, Sybase, and can also support
 legacy and mainframe data

 Browser independent - works with Netscape, Internet Explorer,
 Mosaic, etc.

 Operating system independent spanning both UNIX and Windows
 environments

 HTTP server independent, OLE compatible, and can use existing
 languages such as PERL, C, and C++.

NEXT'S WEBOBJECTS PRODUCT SUITE OFFERS DEVELOPERS THREE WAYS TO BUILD
DYNAMIC SERVER-BASED APPLICATIONS.

 WebObjects Beta is NeXT's solution for building dynamic Web sites
 with reusable components using a simple scripting language.
 Developers can get started today with this free download available
 at NeXT's Web site: http://www.next.com.

 WebObjects Pro is NeXT's allows developers to quickly build more
 complex Web-based applications using reusable components. The
 WebObjects Pro version includes the ability to incorporate C,
 C++, and Objective C code as well as OLE connectivity, and
 distributed servers into the system.

 WebObjects Enterprise is NeXT's complete solution for encapsulating
 acorporation's existing backend infrastructure for presentation
 on the Web. This solution includes database access and distributed
 computing allowing corporations to preserve their investment
 in technology while taking advantage of the Web.

WEBOBJECTS OFFERS THE FIRST WEB-TO-MAINFRAME SOLUTION

At WebMania, NeXT also demonstrated Web server applications incorporating
legacy host resources using the Enterprise Builder Series technology
developed by North Andover, Massachusetts based Conextions, Inc. Fully
integrated with WebObjects and NeXT's database access layer, the
Enterprise Builder Series allows developers to rapidly integrate data from
IBM Mainframe, AS/400, Tandem, DEC, HP and a variety of ASCII host
systems.

"Using the Enterprise Builder Series developers can quickly integrate data
and business logic from a wide variety of legacy host environments with
the ease of accessing a database and without requiring any changes to the
legacy host environment," stated Edward Kodinsky, president and chief
executive officer of Conextions, Inc. "By combining the Enterprise Builder
Series with WebObjects, corporate clients will be able to develop and
deploy Internet/Intranet services in a fraction of the time required using
any other available tools."

WEBCONSTRUCTORS OFFER CUSTOMERS A SOLID WEB FOUNDATION

NeXT announces the WebConstructor group which is dedicated to building Web-
based applications that incorporate a corporation's existing code base and
legacy database information. The goals of the team are to construct these
applications quickly while bringing innovation and creativity to the
development process and providing proof of concept.

NeXT introduced three WebConstructor packages:

 Database Adaption Package - designed to generate a Web-based
 application that interfaces with a customers existing Oracle,
 Sybase, Informix, and DB2 databases in as little as one month.

 Legacy Adaption Package - delivers a Web-based application based
 on data within existing mainframe systems in as little as one
 month.

 Prototype Plus Package - focuses on providing an entire plan and
 producing a prototype in as little as two months.

NeXT Computer, Inc. officially changes name to NeXT Software, Inc.; Fannie
Mae selects NeXT Software as its development platform of choice

After completing four years as a successful software company, NeXT
Computer, Inc. solidified the transition and changed its name to NeXT
Software, Inc. With customers such as Fannie Mae, Dreamworks SKG, Disney,
Merrill Lynch, and NTT adopting its component-based software as their
custom development environment they have validated their belief in NeXT's
software.

At the same time, Fannie Mae and NeXT announced a multi-million dollar
agreement to purchase NeXT's complete product offering and consulting
services. The deal spans the Internet and the Enterprise, and solidifies
Fannie Mae's belief in NeXT and its component-based solutions. Fannie Mae
has already successfully delivered at least two major initiatives using
NeXT's software and this furthers their commitment to NeXT's solutions.

NEXT SOFTWARE, INC.

NeXT delivers an open development environment for building custom
applications for both the World Wide Web and the Enterprise. NeXT's
development software adds value to today's business by shortening the
development cycle, working with an organization's existing technology,
supporting current and emerging standards, and enabling organizations to
grow and change with ease.

Providing its customers with a combination of award-winning software and
professional services, NeXT delivers real-world solutions.

NeXT Software, Inc. is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has
offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich, and Tokyo.

For more information please visit NeXT's Web site at http://www.next.com or
call 1-800-TRY-NeXT.
 
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