DIGITAL EQUIPMENT / NeXT ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO RELEASE PDO SOFTWARE ON DEC
OSF/1 FOR ALPHA AXP

Maynard, MA, March 21, 1994, NeXT Computer, Inc.'s new release of its PDO
software, the portable version of NeXT's distributed objects framework,
will be available on Digital Equipment Corporation's DEC OSF/1 operating
system, Digital and NeXT announced today.

Portable Distributed Objects software enables creation of a powerful
client/server framework based on objects by extending the seamless object
model and messaging architecture used by NEXTSTEP customers to Digital's
Alpha AXP family of 64-bit servers.

Currently, NEXTSTEP, NeXT's object-oriented software, is certified on
members of Digital's Intel-based DECpc personal computer family. The
addition of PDO on the DEC OSF/1 operating system will enable Digital to
deliver entire client/server configurations using NeXT programming
environment, and to participate in heterogeneous networks using PDO and
NEXTSTEP products.

Industry's Most Powerful Servers

Having the PDO object-based framework on DEC OSF/1 and Alpha AXP will
enable NEXTSTEP users to take advantage of the industry's most powerful
servers, "said Bob Supnik, vice president and technical director of
engineering at Digital. "This agreement strengthens our capability to meet
our customers' client/server needs. We look forward to integrating this
with our COM/OLE environment."

We are excited that Digital is joining NeXT's growing list of enterprise
partners," said Steven P. Jobs, chairman and CEO of NeXT Computer, Inc.
This demonstrates further market acceptance of NEXTSTEP as the
industry-standard, object-oriented platform."

Availability of PDO Release of 2.0 software on the DEC OSF/1 operating
system is planned for mid-1994. PDO software extends NeXT's
object-oriented programming system to servers from difference
manufacturers, giving application developers in mixed-vendor,
client/server environments all of the benefits of object-oriented
technology of software, and improved maintainability and reliability of
applications.

Alpha AXP is Digital's family of 64-bit workstations and servers, based on
the world's most powerful series of RISC-based microprocessors. Ranging
from workstations and personal computers under $5,000 to large,
multiprocessing enterprise servers, Alpha AXP systems are competitive at
every price point.

About Digital Equipment Corporation

Digital Equipment Corporation is the world's leader in open client/server
solutions from personal computing to integrated worldwide information
systems. Digital's scalable Alpha AXP platforms, storage, networking,
software and services, together with industry-focused solutions from
business partners, help organizations compete and win in today's global
marketplace.

About NeXT Computer, Inc.

NeXT develops and markets the award-winning NEXTSTEP object-oriented
software for industry-standard computer architectures. Customers use
NEXTSTEP to develop and deploy custom client/server applications, using
both custom and shrink-wrapped software. Headquartered in Redwood City,
California, with offices throughout the world, NeXT serves customers
requiring enterprise-wide, object-oriented productivity environments.

NeXT Computer Inc
900 Chesapeake Dr, Redwood City, CA 94063
415-366-0900,  fax 415-780-3714

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