NEXT SOFTWARE PARTNERS WITH INTERNATIONAL INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER TO
DELIVER DYNAMIC WEB-BASED APPLICATIONS

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF.--FEBRUARY 20, 1996--NeXT Software today announced that
ThoughtPort Authority, Inc., an international Internet Service Provider
(ISP), will use NeXT's WebObjects product suite to provide customers with
highly interactive server-based Web applications that leverage existing
corporate data and applications. ThoughtPort will offer WebObjects-based
solutions to customers through its Web presence design, development,
hosting, and consulting services.

"We have chosen NeXT's WebObjects as our preferred toolset for building and
deploying Web applications because it delivers a comprehensive solution
for building Web applications for both the Enterprise and the Internet,"
said Kevin Tauber, president of ThoughtPort Authority, Inc. "WebObjects
offers a proven Web development platform, an open environment that
integrates a company's existing corporate resources, and an object-based
system allowing rapid application development. This means we spend less
time in development and our customers are able to quickly realize the
ubiquity and power of the Web"

WEBOBJECTS PRODUCT FAMILY

Announced last January at NeXT's WebMania event in San Francisco, NeXT's
WebObjects product family delivers powerful results to corporations
investigating Web development tools. Realizing that companies today have
already invested heavily in information technology, NeXT's Web products
are designed to preserve a corporation's technology investment and work in
tandem with existing databases and applications. Developers using the
WebObjects products can expand the reach of this existing infrastructure
to both the Internet and the Enterprise without having to rewrite data and
applications--translating into a quantifiable savings for the
corporation.

 WebObjects works with industry standard data sources such
 as Oracle, Informix, and Sybase databases and, through
 third party software, can support mainframe and legacy access.

 WebObjects offers an open environment that is operating
 system-independent spanning both UNIX and Windows
 environments.

 WebObjects is HTTP server-independent, OLE compatible, takes
 advantage of native server APIs, such as Netscape's NSAPI,
 and can use existing programming languages such as PERL, C, and
 C++ languages.

 WebObjects allows companies using Sun Microsystems' Java
 and Netscape's JavaScript to incorporate these technologies
 into robust server-based Web applications.

The WebObjects product family is comprised of three products: WEBOBJECTS
offers an easy entry point for building dynamic Web-based applications
using the WebScript scripting language, this product is available via free
download from NeXT's Web site; WEBOBJECTS PRO answers the needs of Web
developers wanting to move beyond script-based development to build more
complex applications using compiled C, C++, and Objective C code and also
provides OLE access; WEBOBJECTS ENTERPRISE is NeXT's complete dynamic Web
development solution that encapsulates a corporation's existing data and
applications with a database-independent framework supporting true
separation of business logic from user interfaces and data sources.

"We are pleased that Internet service providers such as ThoughtPort
Authority are using our tools to build fully- integrated, dynamic, Web
solutions for their customers," said Mitchell Mandich, vice president of
worldwide sales, NeXT Software. "Corporations today need a robust
development environment that not only provides a Web interface for their
existing corporate resources, but also moves with the tide of the
fast-moving Web market to adopt current and emerging standards. NeXT has
done just that with the WebObjects environment and as this market matures
we believe that our technology will stand out as a forerunner for the
Web."

WEBOBJECTS ISP PROGRAM

Service providers and hosting companies wishing to provide WebObjects
products should visit NeXT's Web site at http://www.next.com for more
information.

THOUGHTPORT AUTHORITY, INC.

ThoughtPort Authority Inc. was formed in 1994 with the goal of providing
fully-integrated internetworking solutions to corporations. ThoughtPort's
mission is to provide the most comprehensive range of intra- and
internetworking solutions available to corporations and individuals. We
achieve the highest level of service over the fastest, most scalable,
commercial network. We offer to a wide-spectrum of users, a variety of
products and services, including; high speed Internet access through our
nationwide backbone, network security and management services, World Wide
Web presence design and development, object-oriented software and database
development teams, and consulting and training services

ThoughtPort Authority Inc., a privately owned company, is headquartered in
Columbia, Missouri and has offices in Chicago, Salt Lake City, New York
City, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, Tampa Bay, Atlanta, Palo Alto, Houston,
Portland, Ore, Kansas City, Springfield, Mo., and Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico.

For more information please visit ThoughtPort's Web site at
http://www.thoughtport.com or call 1-800-ISP-6870.

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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