Additional multimedia, video, and productivity vendors invest in QuickTime 2.5 for Windows. Market opportunity for hardware developer growth when products ship MacWorld - January 8, 1997 -- Apple Computer, Inc. (Cupertino, CA) today announced that Allegiant Technologies, Electric Image, miro Computer Products, Inc., Strata, Specular and Terran Interactive have joined the third-party co-development team of QuickTime 2.5 for Windows (QT 2.5-Win). Adobe, Broderbund, Equlibrium, Macromedia , Media 100 and Truevision are also continuing their close relationship with Apple in accelerating the development of QT 2.5-Win. QT 2.5-Win is a key component of the QuickTime Media Layer, which is an effort intended to deliver a universal container for mixed media types (e.g. video, audio, 3D graphics, text, etc.). "Application developers are creating software that takes advanatge of QTML, and a wide range of customers will use those solutions. Hardware vendors get the benefit of this work from the...

Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Media Relations Metrowerks, Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com Jim Welch Chief Financial Officer Metrowerks Inc. 512.873.4777 welch@metrowerks.com METROWERKS SHIPS CODEWARRIOR FOR PLAYSTATION DR/2 SAN FRANCISCO, California, Macworld Expo--January 7, 1997--Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced CodeWarrior(R) for PlayStation(TM) DR/2, the newest version of its programming tools for developing games for the PlayStation game console. CodeWarrior for PlayStation is hosted on Windows(R)95/NT and Mac(TM)OS and is authorized by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. CodeWarrior for PlayStation DR/2 features the full CodeWarrior IDE, a plug-in CodeWarrior C/C++ compiler for MIPS(R) and a selection of integrated graphical format converters for managing game development with the CodeWarrior IDE. Version DR/2 offers programmers much greater stability in the IDE in addition to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Apple Computer, Inc. PR Contact Ken Smith (408) 974-5675 kensmith@apple.com Metrowerks Inc. PR Contact Cynthia Fray (512) 873-4300 cynthia@metrowerks.com METROWERKS & APPLE COMPUTER SIGN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR PORTING CODEWARRIOR TOOLS TO RHAPSODY, APPLE'S NEXT GENERATION OS Metrowerks to Provide Full CodeWarrior Tools for Both Mac OS & Rhapsody SAN FRANCISCO, California--January 7, 1997--Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME: MWK) and Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) today entered into a development agreement to accelerate support for Apple's next generation operating system (codenamed "Rhapsody") in Metrowerks CodeWarrior integrated programming environment ("IDE"), development tools and compilers. Upon completion, Metrowerks will provide Mac OS developers a full CodeWarrior solution comprising compilers, programming tools and debuggers for the development of applications for both Mac OS and Rhapsody. Metrowerks' support for Rhapsody will contain...

For more information contact North America & Pacific: Mark Gonzales, markg@be.com (415) 462-4100 Europe: Jean Calmon, jean@beeurope.com (33) 1 49 06 73 75 BE SHIPS BEOS POWERMAC DEVELOPMENT KIT AND CONFIRMS Q1 DATE FOR PUBLIC RELEASE Public BeOS Preview Release will ship on or before March 31. MENLO PARK, Calif (January 7, 1997) - Be, Inc has announced that it has begun shipment to developers of the version of the Be Operating System (BeOS(tm)) designed to run on PowerMacintosh-based hardware systems. Shipment of the development kit began just before Christmas. In addition, the company confirmed today that it will ship the "BeOS Preview Release", the first publicly available release of the BeOS, on schedule on or before March 31, 1997. The BeOS DR8 Development kit became available on December 23. The release is similar in functionality to the DR8 release for the dual-processor BeBox systems, with a few additional enhancements that have been developed since the DR8 version's...

For more information contact North America & Pacific: Mark Gonzales, markg@be.com (415) 462-4100 Europe: Jean Calmon, jean@beeurope.com (33) 1 49 06 73 75 BE PROVIDES A "FIRST LOOK" AT BeOS APPLICATIONS AT MACWORLD New applications run the gamut in demonstrations at the expo MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif (January 7, 1997) - At Macworld Expo, taking place this week in San Francisco, Be, Inc. is providing a first look at some of the applications being developed for the Be Operating System (BeOS(tm)) These demonstrations include a wide range of applications, from word processors to development tools, and from multimedia and 3D to applications that control sound effects for theaters and even entire theme parks. "Macworld provides an excellent venue at which our developers can provide customers with an early look at their products," said Jean-Louis Gasse, president and CEO of Be, Inc. "We're happy to help provide them with this opportunity because, after all, they are the real...

For more information contact North America & Pacific: Mark Gonzales, markg@be.com (415) 462-4100 Europe: Jean Calmon, jean@beeurope.com (33) 1 49 06 73 75 BE DEMONSTRATES VIRTUALMAC FOR THE BE OPERATING SYSTEM New technology from fredlabs, inc. will provide a bridge for customers and developers making the transition to the BeOS. MACWORLD EXPO, SAN FRANCISCO, Calif (January 7, 1997) - This week at Macworld Expo, Be Inc. is demonstrating, for the first time, technology that allows the Be Operating System (BeOS(tm)) to run System 7.x MacOS applications directly within its multitasking, multiprocessor environment. Developed by fredlabs, inc., a software company based in San Francisco, VirtualMac(tm) allows both modern BeOS applications and current System 7.x applications to be active at the same time, and for data to be exchanged between the systems. Last August, Be announced it would enhance the BeOS to provide support for a wide variety of PowerPC based systems, including those...

BeOS/MacTech Bundle Available in Quantity January issue of MacTech Magazine contains BeOS for PowerMac DR8 As announced in October of 1996, the January 1997 issue of MacTech Magazine includes the BeOS(tm) DR8 for Power Macintosh bundled, free of charge, on CD and bound into the magazine. This issue has been extremely difficult to get in bookstores and on the newsstand. In fact, stores have had to take names for waiting lists -- something rarely done for a magazine. To alleviate this problem, and with some luck, the publishers of MacTech Magazine have been able to arrange to get additional copies of the issue -- something also very rare in the industry. This back issue is available through DevDepot. Back issues of MacTech Magazine cost $10 plus shipping and handling. (Standard Shipping: $3 US, $5 Canadian, $6 Foreign; Rush/overnight charges are more). Allow 2-3 business days for the issue to be shipped plus shipping time. To order contact DevDepot in the following ways: *...

Press Contacts: Cynthia Fray Media Relations Metrowerks Inc. 512.873.4758 cynthia@metrowerks.com Jim Welch Chief Financial Officer Metrowerks Inc. 512.873.4777 welch@metrowerks.com METROWERKS LAUNCHES CODEWARRIOR 11 HOSTED ON MAC OS CodeWarrior 11 Includes Improved Java Support and New CodeWarrior IDE, Version 2 Alpha SAN FRANCISCO, California, Macworld Expo--January 7, 1997--Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), one of the world's leading providers of software development tools, today announced CodeWarrior 11, the newest version of its award-winning programming tools hosted on Mac OS computers. CodeWarrior 11, hosted on Mac OS, allows users to develop applications in C, C++, Object Pascal and Java for four operating systems: Mac OS, Win95/NT, Magic Cap OS and PowerTV OS, all hosted in the same intuitive CodeWarrior integrated development environment ("IDE"). CodeWarrior's modular, front-end/back-end architecture offers true cross-platform compiling, thus making it easier to...

In cooperation with MacWEEK, we're conducting a survey of current Macintosh developers to learn about their plans for future platform-specific work. The survey form, which is only open to people who are currently developing Macintosh software, is at: (http://www.scripting.com/davenet/misc/devSurvey.html) Everyone is welcome to monitor the real-time results at: (http://ws3.scripting.com/davenet.surveyResults.fcgi) Thanks! Dave Winer PS: If you run a web site that's used by Mac developers, please point to the survey page.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Fortner Research Announces: Fortran compiler soon to be available for Metrowerks CodeWarrior Sterling, VA--- Fortner Research, developers of award winning software for scientists and engineers, has announced their plans to deliver LS Fortran for CodeWarrior. CodeWarrior owners will now be able to use LS Fortran to write and compile Fortran programs directly in the CodeWarrior environment, and mix Fortran routines with C, C++ and Pascal software, such as the PowerTap MP library. Since 1988, LS Fortran has gained a strong following for its ability to port large, legacy Fortran programs from mainframe computers to the Macintosh and for its ease in creating full-featured Macintosh applications. LS Fortran is currently hosted in the Macintosh Programmers Workshop (MPW), developed by Apple Computer. Although MPW's command line interface environment was the standard for many years, CodeWarrior delivers an extremely popular GUI with superior project management that...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lee Lorenzen, President Altura Software, Inc. 408.655.8005 http://www.altura.com Altura Software, Inc. Announces Mac2NeXT Compatibility PACIFIC GROVE, California - December 25, 1996 - Altura Software, Inc. announced today its intention to create a Mac2NeXT Porting Technology to provide Macintosh Developers a quick and easy way to port their Mac Applications to Apple's "NewOS" operating system. Altura will leverage it's Mac2Win Porting Technology which is being used by major Mac Developers such as Fractal Design, Claris, ACI, Macromedia, and Metrowerks. Mac2Win is a library that allows MacOS code to be ported to Windows 3.1, Windows 95, and Windows NT without it having to be rewritten. "We're as excited as the rest of the Mac community about Apple's recent announcements regarding NeXT," commented Lee Lorenzen, President of Altura. "Of course, this is all very new, and we can't be sure of all the details. But, we knew immediately that we wanted to voice...

Looking for a flat file database engine for your Mac software? odbEngine is the hierarchical database engine used by Userland Frontier for its object database. The engine has a simple C API that allows the creation and access of tables of arbitrary objects, even tables of tables! Also, Frontier may be used to create and access data in odb files. UODBE++ is a C++ wrapper for odbEngine that adds housekeeping and error handling to the engine. The best feature about odbEngine is that it works, and has been tested by every Frontier user. The second best thing about it is that it's FREE! More information may be accessed at: http://www.aimnet.com/~bpettit/odb --------------------------------------------- Frontier is a trandemark of Userland Software

Apple Computer, Inc. Agrees to Acquire NeXT Software Inc. CUPERTINO, Calif.--Dec. 20, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced its intention to purchase NeXT Software Inc., in a friendly acquisition for $400 million. Pending regulatory approvals, all NeXT products, services, and technology research will become part of Apple Computer, Inc. As part of the agreement, Steve Jobs, Chairman and CEO of NeXT Software, will return to Apple--the company he co-founded in 1976--reporting to Dr. Gilbert F. Amelio, Apple's Chairman and CEO. The acquisition will bring together Apple's and NeXT's innovative and complementary technology portfolios and significantly strengthens Apple's position as a company advancing industry standards. Apple's leadership in ease-of-use and multimedia solutions will be married to NeXT's strengths in development software and operating environments for both the enterprise and Internet markets. NeXT's object oriented software development products will contribute to...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Paola Aliverti Voice: 941.642.7979 E-mail: Paola@SoftLinc.com SoftLinc presents LEXI(TM), a multilingual spelling checker for Live Objects(TM) San Francisco, California (January 7, 1997) - SoftLinc, Inc., from Marco Island, Florida, is at MacWorld San Francisco to present LEXI, a spelling checker for Live Objects. The company is located in the Component 100 (www.C100.org) booth (#3261), together with 14 other Live Objects developers. LEXI works as a stand-alone part, as well as an extension within other Live Objects. It is already integrated with Digital Harbor(TM)'s WAV(TM), and it can be used with all the Live Objects that support Word Services extensions. Besides checking the spelling of Live Object documents, LEXI also checks any TEXT document, and any piece of text imported from other applications through Drag-and-Drop or Copy-and-Paste, including your e-mail. LEXI can also be equipped with a thesaurus, translation dictionary, and verbal...

Version 1.4.4 of MoreFiles is now available. The changes from v1.4.3 to v1.4.4 are listed below. You can download it today from from : (ftp://members.aol.com/JumpLong/MoreFiles_1.4.4.sea.hqx) It will also submitted for release through the following channels (and may be available today or in the near future): Apple's Developer CD Apple Developer World web/ftp site America Online's Macintosh Developers Forum library (keyword: MDV) CompuServe's Macintosh Developers Forum library (GO MACDEV) Metrowerks (for inclusion with their next CD) Symantec (for inclusion with their next CD) - Jim Luther, Apple Computer, Inc. ---------- v1.4.4 12/18/96 Bugs fixed: - Added "| REGISTER_RESULT_LOCATION(kRegisterD0)" to uppFSDispatchProcInfo in PBXGetVolInfoSync. (the code produced is the same since REGISTER_RESULT_LOCATION(kRegisterD0) happens to be 0). - Initialized ioDTReqCount before calling PBDTGetComment. See the comment in DTGetComment in MoreDesktopMgr.c for the reasons why. -...

contact: Trygve Isaacson trygve@bombaydigital.com (http://www.bombaydigital.com) For Immediate Release The Gray Council 2.0 Is Available The Gray Council -- C++ classes implementing the Apple Grayscale Appearance. Berkeley, California -- December 17, 1996 -- Today marks the release of version 2.0 of The Gray Council, a set of C++ classes providing the premiere implementation of the "Apple Grayscale Appearance for System 7." This is Apple's grayscale user interface design specification recommended for today's applications, consistent with the future Appearance Manager default theme. Apple has published the AGA specification, but developers are left on their own to implement this significant piece of work. The Gray Council implements the complete set of controls defined by the Apple Grayscale Appearance specification, including: push buttons, check boxes, radio buttons, icon "bevel" buttons, scroll bars, sliders, popup menus, little arrows, disclosure triangles, progress indicators,...

CASPER, WY, ISIS International, Inc. announced the introduction of EasyData TM and EasyCommTM, paired software products designed to provide a new level of connectivity, simplicity, and power in transferring data between the Apple MessagePad (and compatible PDAs running the Newton Operating System) and either Macintosh desktop computers or Windows machines. The EasyData / EasyComm dual package enables Newton users to work more efficiently by making it easier to rapidly share data between their PDAs and either Macs or Windows desktop computers. The same capability for other hardware and software platforms will be forthcoming. EasyData can be extended and customized by other Newton developers through the use of plug-in modules. EasyData requires Newton OS 2.0 or later (we will continue to support our older version, formerly known as Flash-Data, for users of older MessagePads). The increasingly evident importance of enterprise-wide, "open systems" approaches to leveraging an organization`...

SYNERGEX TO PROVIDE APPLE DEVELOPERS WITH INDUSTRY STANDARD INTERSOLV PVCS SERIES FOR SOFTWARE CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT December 9, 1996 Synergex will bring industry-standard software configuration management (SCM) to Apple Computer Inc.'s popular Macintosh environment in first quarter 1997, increasing the number of platforms to which the company has already ported the top-selling INTERSOLV PVCS SERIES. With the release of PVCS Version Manager for the Macintosh, Apple developers will for the first time be able to manage source code development across heterogeneous systems that include MS-DOS, OS/2, UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 95, and OpenVMS environments. Software developers rely on SCM tools like the INTERSOLV PVCS SERIES to monitor, record, and protect changes to programming source code throughout the software life cycle, from development to upgrade, including post-release changes. INTERSOLVS top-selling PVCS Version Manager effectively maintains multiple revisions of source code...

11th Annual SF MacWorld Netter's Dinner (http://www.infoworkshop.com/~jonpugh/nettersdinner.html) Yes, it's been 11 years that we've been gathering a herd of nerds and feeding ourselves at the Hunan in San Francisco (on Sansome at Broadway). This year is just another notch in our belts. MacWorld is Tue, Jan 7, 1997 through Fri, Jan 10, 1997. The dinner will be on Wed, Jan 8, 1997. The cost is only $16 per person. Dinner will consist of a buffet, which we will request to be extra hot, because they tone it down for buffets and we don't want that. It will come with Onion Cakes, Hunan Chicken Salad, Sweet & Sour Pork, Beef with Broccoli, Fried Chicken Wings, Kung Pao Chicken, Country Style Vegetables, Pork Chow-Mein and Combination Fried Rice. There are no substitutions. Due to the phenomenal success of last year, we've contracted with Kee Nethery's shareware service again. All you have to do is go to the web page listed above and either download the Register program, run it and...

Apple Announces HyperCard Update and Software Bundle HyperCard 2.3.5. Includes New Features Plus Software Bundle of Leading Entertainment and Web Publishing Titles; Price Remains Unchanged at U.S. $99.00. INTERNET WORLD--NEW YORK--Dec. 11, 1996--Apple Computer, Inc. today announced an update of HyperCard to version 2.3.5 which includes a value bundle of Internet-oriented and multimedia entertainment software--the price of HyperCard remains unchanged at a U.S. retail of $99.00. The new HyperCard bundle includes leading software for entertainment and web-based publishing: --The best-selling computer game of all time--Myst from Cyan/Broderbund, which is based on HyperCard -- The five-mouse rated (by MacUser Magazine) Movie Cleaner LE QuickTime authoring solution and the associated web motion plug-in from Terran Interactive -- LiveCard from Royal/Heizer Software, which enables real-time streaming of HyperCard stacks off the net that are viewable by Windows, UNIX, and Mac OS web surfers...

NetCarta Corporation Supports Apple's HotSauce Technology for Website Mapping Library of Over 30,000 WebMaps to be Provided in Meta Content Format (MCF); NetCarta to Launch MCF Site Service on the Web. INTERNET WORLD-- NEW YORK--Dec. 11, 1996--NetCarta Corporation, a subsidiary of CMG Information Services (NASDAQ:CMGI), and Apple Computer, Inc. announced today that they have signed an agreement regarding Apple's HotSauce Technology. NetCarta has incorporated Apple's HotSauce Meta Content Format (MCF), which allows developers to build data access tools that work with any kind of Internet or intranet-based data, in its web content management tools. NetCarta plans to enhance its NetCarta WebMapper content management software, which currently runs on Microsoft Windows and UNIX-compatible platforms, to automatically generate MCF site maps for site navigation. In addition, the NetCarta WebMap Library, which contains over 30,000 site maps rendered in NetCarta WebMap format of the most...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jim Olsen Phone: 1-888-WE-ANIM-8 (1-888-932-6468) Fax: (909) 336-4630 E-mail: info@studio89.com URL: http://www.studio89.com Animated Clip-Art Library Released LAKE ARROWHEAD, CA -- December 10, 1996 (MMG) -- Studio 89 announces the release of its Animated Clip-Art Library, Volume 1, the first ever collection of GIF89a animations designed specifically for use on the World Wide Web. Comprised of over 2,100 original animated GIF images and 1,400 still GIF's, the library promises to add pizzazz to any web page. Animated images include bouncing alphabets, spinning bullets and twinkling stars. Moving arrows direct viewer's attention and animated buttons make site navigation fun. Uniquely designed marquee sections make it easy for web authors to surround their own words and images with moving lights. Animated icons and lines round out the collection. Effortless navigation is a key feature of the library. All 3,500 images are organized by category and fully...

I have just released my first freeware utility, "RAM HighWater" Its purpose is to allow users and programmers to determine how much memory a program ever needs. It works much like a high-tide marker. It keeps track of the amount of memory a program is actually using, and will report back to you the most it ever did use, so you can adjust your "preferred memory" accordingly. It also will retain this "HighWater" mark even after the target quits. Available on my website at: http://web.mit.edu/kenlu/www/rhw.html --- Please email me if you find it useful! -ToastyKen ------------------------------- | Kenneth Lu -- kenlu@mit.edu | -------------------------------

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 11, 1996 Press Contact: Bill Doerrfeld President Blue World Communications, Inc. (206) 313-1051 bill@blueworld.com Lasso 1.1 is Available: New Features in Upgrade Enable More Powerful Dynamic Web Data Serving. Operates now as a WebSTAR Plug-in. ISSAQUAH, WA - December 11, 1996 - Blue World Communications, Inc. announces the release of Lasso 1.1, the advanced tool for quickly integrating Claris Corporation FileMaker Pro 3.0 for the Macintosh databases with the Web. Lasso is designed for blazing fast performance. Searching FileMaker Pro Macintosh relational databases with tens of thousands of records in under a second is now possible with Lasso. Lasso operates by recognizing special commands placed in standard HTML files. These commands define all interaction between FileMaker Pro and a Mac OS Web server. Lasso functions as the "glue" between FileMaker Pro and the Web. Lasso HTML files (or format files) are easily edited in HTML authoring programs such as...