FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Susan Whitney DevDepot 805-494-9797 x 105 marketing@devdepot.com DevDepot Launches Worldwide Campaign WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- December 5, 1997 -- Xplain Corporation, the parent company of DevDepot, announced today it is launching the next step in its worldwide campaign for the catalog. When DevDepot was introduced to the Mac market in May 1996, the clear goal was to become the premier source for Macintosh development tools and related products. Since its introduction, the catalog has been experiencing tremendous growth in size and popularity, so the excitement surrounding this campaign will definitely be well received within the industry. Earlier this year, Apple began to focus its efforts to support the marketing programs for the Mac OS, Rhapsody, and broadening the availability of Mac OS tools. As part of this new focus, the last issue of the Apple Developer Catalog was February 1997, and on October 31 1997, ADC closed its online catalog as well. Apple...

THE ASSOCIATION OF MACINTOSH TRAINERS (Newport News, VA) -- We are pleased to announce the establishment of the Association of Macintosh Trainers. The purpose of the association is to establish an international network of Apple Macintosh computer trainers, instructors and educators that is easily accessible to end users and to help facilitate and improve upon the quality of Macintosh computer support. The association was founded in 1991, has a current membership roster of over 100 members and has received over 3,500 inquiries from all over the world. The membership includes individual trainers and instructors, computer retailers, consultants, government agencies and educators from public school systems, colleges and universities. The Association of Macintosh Trainers can be contacted through Jimmy J. Davies, President, P.O. Box 2743, Newport News, Virginia 23609, 757-877-9463, Fax 757-877-9463, eMail: namt@aol.com, or visit our web site at: http://www.cyphernet.com/amt

METROWERKS ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 1998 REVENUES OF US$6.2 MILLION Company Records Profit of US$237,000, or $0.02 per Share, for Quarter AUSTIN, Texas-December 1, 1997- Metrowerks Inc. (NASDAQ: MTWKF, TSE/ME:MWK), a provider of software development tools, today announced its results of operations for the first quarter of its fiscal year ending July 31, 1998 (Q1FYJuly98). Revenues for Q1FYJuly98 totaled US$6.15 million, an increase of 65% over revenues of US$3.77 million for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97. Revenues for Q4FYJuly97 totaled US$6.23 million. As in previous years, revenues for Q1FYJuly98 were approximately the same as revenues for Q4FYJuly 97. In Q1 FYJuly98, the Company reported a net profit of US$237,000 (US$0.02 per share on a fully diluted basis), compared to a net loss of US$135,000 (US$0.01 per share) for the corresponding Q1FYJuly97, and compared to net income of US$155,000 for the previous quarter, Q4FYJuly97. The Company completed a financing during the quarter,...

Apple Announces WebObjects 3.5 Premier Internet Development Environment Enhances Ease-of-Use, Java Support, Leverages Customer Experience to Better Develop and Deploy Mission-Critical Applications over the Web CUPERTINO, California--Dec. 1, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) today announced WebObjects 3.5, the latest enhancement to Apple's market-leading web application development platform. The newest version of WebObjects dramatically enhances ease-of-use with its Direct-to-Web technology, and improves Java support. WebObjects has transformed the way many companies approach web commerce and development. Many of the new features found in WebObjects 3.5 are the direct result of input from these companies. WebObjects combines Apple's strength in web content creation with industrial-strength performance, scalability and connectivity capabilities to deliver an ideal platform for developing transactional content. The platform enables the seamless collaboration of application...

Apple, BLaCKSMITH Offer Classes On Creating Dynamic Web Applications CUPERTINO, California--Nov. 25, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and BLaCKSMITH, Inc., an object-oriented software development and services company, have joined together to deliver training programs on Apple's market-leading web development platform, WebObjects. Geared for corporate programmers and analysts, the WebObjects programming course is designed to make it easier for attendees to create dynamic web applications. The first five-day session is scheduled to be held Jan. 26-30, 1998 at BLaCKSMITH's training facilities in McLean, Va. "BLaCKSMITH is a valued Apple Enterprise Alliance Program Member that has created and delivered training classes on OPENSTEP and Java, provided OPENSTEP consulting services, and developed shrink-wrap productivity applications for both OPENSTEP and Rhapsody," says Sara Benson, director of WebObjects and OPENSTEP customer training for Apple. "By including WebObjects in their...

Joy introductory offer expires this week Vienna, November 25, 1997. Till November 30, Joy, the must-have tool for Rhapsody developers, can be ordered at discounted introductory prices: $49 for Joy Explorer and $299 for Joy Developer. Free evaluation keys are available on request from joy@aaa-plus.com, implying no further obligations. These enable all features of Joy Developer, and can be used with the demo version, which came on the Rhapsody Developer CD. To download it or order Joy go to http://www.aaa-plus.com/joy/order The offer applies to all platforms: Joy for Rhapsody/PPC, Joy for Rhapsody/Intel, Joy for Windows NT/95, Joy for OPENSTEP/MachOS. Typical uses of Joy include: - interactive exploration of Rhapsody frameworks - prototyping solutions - rapid application development - automated testing and debugging of Rhapsody applications Joy Explorer includes a dynamic class browser, embeddable in any application. It allows you to browse the class tree, inspect objects,...

From: Wes.Butler@genieworks.com Subject: [ANN] SpotCheck, the program editor that knows Java GenieWorks, LLC announces the release of SpotCheck 1.0 for the Macintosh. SpotCheck is a language-based editor that "knows" the Java language. It is designed to help a Java programmer produce correct code without relying on confusing and untimely feedback from a compiler. Specifically, SpotCheck identifies syntax errors and semantic errors (undefined names, type mismatches, etc.) -- those errors normally returned by a compiler. This analysis is performed after each edit, giving the programmer immediate feedback on errors. SpotCheck provides a host of additional features, including: * smart links to name declarations * cross-referenced Java APIs * editing with popup menus * interfaces to helper apps to compile & run * hierarchical project browsing * color-coded syntax For more information, or to download a free, fully-functional demo of SpotCheck 1.0, visit (http://www.genieworks.com/).

SiteWarrior Wages War On Web Site Complexity ProVUE Development has released SiteWarrior, a new program that uses a revolutionary approach for authoring and managing medium to large web sites. This approach makes HTML coding faster, more flexible and more productive by using an ultra fast RAM based database to manage the structure of an entire web site. SiteWarrior automates tedious tasks such as building tables, catalogs, tables of contents, navigation banners, links to neighboring pages, and other repetitive elements within a web site. Unlike most web authoring tools, SiteWarrior does not attempt to eliminate the need for HTML with WYSIWYG features. Instead, SiteWarrior embraces HTML and automates HTML production with custom "HTML factories" controlled by user defined templates. "For the past two years vendors have tried to convince me that I should stop coding in HTML, but I find that direct HTML coding is still the way to go", says SiteWarror beta tester Kevin Killion of Stone...

Maxum Development Announces Release Of NetCloak 2.5 Upgrade November 24, 1997 -- Maxum Development Corporation, a leading developer of Macintosh Web server tools, announces the release of NetCloak 2.5, a major revision to the enormously popular Web server tool for creating dynamic Web pages. NetCloak, the first commercial Web server tool ever available for Macintosh, has been included on the Apple Internet Server Solution for well over a year, and is now included as a standard component of Apple's AppleShare IP 5.0.2 package. The new version adds dozens of new capabilities, improved support for the wide range of servers available for the Mac OS, better 3rd-party tools support, and more. "NetCloak 2.5 is easily the biggest leap forward in functionality since we released NetCloak 1.0 almost 3 years ago," said John O'Fallon, President of Maxum. "The focus of NetCloak is still on ease-of-use, and with NetCloak 2.5, we are bringing higher-end Web site capabilities into the hands of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Lightsoft have introduced a new Fantasm 5 price (complete package) for users who are students, unemployed or on a low income. There is also a revised demo/unregistered package, including the PowerPC assembler (in response to users requests). More details can be found at our web page: (http://www.tau.it/lightsoft/) For other details, or comments on this message, please email lightsoft@zedworld.demon.co.uk MORE INFO: Fantasm 5 is a totally revised version of the popular Macintosh Assembler 'Fantasm' (by Lightsoft). It contains, amongst other things, a graphical project manager making it one of the easiest development environments to use on the Mac, in addition to being THE development system for producing fast PowerPC and 680x0 native code.

From: MWRon@metrowerks.com (MW Ron) Igor Mikolic-Torreira has asked me to let Fortran Warriors know that..... Mac F2C v1.3.6 is now available at: http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~igormt/Mac_F2C.html Version 1.3.6 is a quick fix that solves an incompatibility between Mac F2C's f2c.h, the error functions in libF77 and CW Pro 2's (math.h) header and the latest Universal headers. Version 1.3.6 is fully compatible with CW Pro 2. Mac F2C is a freeware FORTRAN-to-C translator.

Bay Area Apple-NeXT GROUP Meeting Wednesday, November 19, 7:00 PM in Apple Campus' Town Hall auditorium 4 Infinite Loop, Cupertino [off De Anza/Cupertino exit from 280] Hit the Ground Running With Rhapsody Development (Overviews, Hints and Testimonials from the Trenches ...) For more info: (http://www.bang.org/meetings.html) These real world figures have kindly agreed to present: Dan Wood of Bear River Associates: "Mac Toolbox + PowerPlant + C++ Compared To Rhapsody" Eric Simenel of Apple Computer , Inc.: "How a 12-year Mac Developer Veteran Copes With Switching To Another Development Environment". A source code review and demo of - "My First Yellow Application" Steve Dekorte of Inquisit, Inc. and Robert Vasvari, consultant with Inquisit, Inc.:"Real YellowBox Business Apps" - a very cool app using AppKit and EOF, developed in 3 weeks. Please join us for the presentation, demos, Q&A, and dinner after the meeting at a nearby restaurant. Presenter Bios: Dan Wood, a Mac programmer...

From: Bjarne Stroustrup, bs@research.att.com Friday, Nov 14, the ISO C++ standards committee unanimously approved a "final draft international standard" (FDIS) for C++. This means that all technical work on the C++ standard has been completed. The number of the C++ standard is ISO/IEC 14882. There is a final step in the ISO process where the standards bureaucraties ratify the decision of their technical experts. However, that is a formality where no serious controversy exists (and the C++ vote was unanimous!). Under ISO rules, it is now possible to refer to the C++ standard from other standards. Therefore, so can we. We now have ISO C++, ANSI C++, AFNOR C++, BIS C++, DIN C++, etc. - and they are all the same :-) A press release from the committee aimed primarily at non-programmers can be found among my homepages. Personally, I'm very pleased with the new standard. - Bjarne Bjarne Stroustrup, AT&T Labs, http://www.research.att.com/~bs [ Send an empty e-mail to c++-help@...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Judith Steinbaum Roaster Technologies 617-876-4031 x1818 judith@roaster.com Roaster Release 4 Product Family: All Java -- Cross Platform and Extensible November 14, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. With its first announcement of detailed information regarding the eagerly awaited Roaster(r) Release 4, Roaster Technologies revealed that the new release is written entirely in Java(tm), utilizes the Java(tm) Foundation Classes, and is the basis for its Data and Enterprise Editions. Release 4 is the cornerstone of the extended Roaster family of development software for high-end professional developers working in Java. The environment is completely extensible, enabling the integration of a wide variety of technologies. "Roaster Release 4 represents a major innovation in the field of Java IDE's," noted John Dhabolt, President and CEO of Roaster Technologies. "This product is the foundation of a substantial and extensible architecture which offers...

OPENBASE NEWS! 1. OPENBASE FOR RHAPSODY (PPC & PC-Compatibles) AVAILABLE NOW! 2. SPECIAL DEVELOPER PRICING ($99 per connection, 5 Pack) 3. RHAPSODY DEMO CD: INSTALLATION PROBLEMS? 4. OPENBASE LITE: INFORMATION ON THE FREE LICENSE 5. DOWNLOAD SITES & INSTRUCTIONS ------------------------------------------------------ 1. OPENBASE FOR RHAPSODY (PPC & PC-Compatibles) AVAILABLE NOW! ------------------------------------------------------ OpenBase International, Ltd. has made OpenBase Network & OpenBase Lite available for both the PC-Compatibles and PPC versions of Rhapsody. OpenBase is a high performance SQL engine that handles all of the complexities of data storage and multi-user communication for end-user applications. Aggressive multi-threading, row level locking, text searching, change notification and variable record length technology makes OpenBase a robust database solution. Some of the companies who use OpenBase include: Adobe Systems, Allegheny College, AT...

To all Macintosh Pascal programmers: The following is a summary of the current contents available at Pascal Central. For any of you who may not know about Pascal Central, Pascal Central provides the pascal community one place to obtain Pascal technical information, Pascal source code, and Pascal-related internet links. The home page is at http://www.catambay.com/pascal-central. Pascal Central is now broken up into the following sections: FEATURED ARTICLES: These are the latest articles contributed to Pascal Central. See the end of this note for a summary of these articles. FORUMS & LINKS: This pages provides information on Pascal forums (such as the MacPascal mailing list, and the Pascal newsgroups), and several links to Pascal related web sites (for PC and Mac). To join the MacPascal mailing list, go to http://www.stairways.com/mailinglists/macpascal.html. NOTHING BUT MACINTOSH SOURCE CODE: This is a collection of contributed articles which include Pascal source code for the...

MacPerl 5.1.5 has been released. This version fixes some bugs and improves the reliability over 5.1.4. MacPerl users still running 5.1.3 should consider upgrading to take advantage of a significant speed improvement. MacPerl 5.1.5 is now available in ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/software/platform/macos/perl/ DISTRIBUTIONS ------------- MacPerl is arranged into a number of distributions, named according to the following scheme: Mac_Perl_515r4_appl.bin ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ MacPerl | | | MacBinary Suffix | | Distribution Component | Perl Patchlevel MacPerl Release Currently the following components are available: appl The MacPerl application (Dynamic PowerPC/Small 68K), all libraries and documentation. tool The Perl MPW Tool (Dynamic PowerPC/Small 68K) and scripts. bigappl The MacPerl application (Dynamic PowerPC/Big 68K). bigtool The Perl MPW Tool (Dynamic PowerPC/Big 68K). appl_cfm68K...

METROWERKS AND ACCESS FORM STRATEGIC ALLIANCE TO PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT TOOLS FOR NEXT GENERATION INFORMATION APPLIANCES TOKYO, Japan - November 12, 1997 - Metrowerks Inc. (HQ: Austin, Texas, Metrowerks Co., Ltd., Tokyo) and Access Co., Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan) announced this week at the Microcomputer Systems and Tool Fair in Tokyo, Japan that a strategic alliance has been formed between the two companies to provide enhanced development tools for the growing information appliance device market. Metrowerks will be working with Access to integrate the Access NetFront suite of Internet access software modules into the CodeWarrior integrated development environment (IDE) and provide customers with a more comprehensive solution to address their new development needs. Both companies agreed that a new generation of powerful, easy -to-use and economically priced development tools and software resources is required to help usher in a new generation of information appliances. The strategic alliance...

Sender: "Michael A. Alderete" (alderete@be.com) ** Download the BeOS for Free ** We heard you. You said you wanted to be able to try out the BeOS without having to search high and low for a copy. Now you can download the latest version of the BeOS, Preview Release 2, from the Be, Inc. web site, for free. You can find the downloadable release of the BeOS at (http://www.be.com/products/beos_download/). The BeOS Preview Release 2 download version includes all the components you need to try out the BeOS on your Power PC machine. Then you can decide to purchase either the BeOS Full Pack (a "1 + 2" product -- you receive the BeOS release on a CD, full documentation, plus the next two upgrades), or the BeOS Trial Pack (a "1 + 0" product -- you receive only the BeOS release that comes on the CD, with no upgrades). Maintenance updates will be also be posted to the web site. We have tried to make the download experience more enjoyable by keeping the components of the overall BeOS package small...

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Natural Intelligence Spins Off DragStrip, Macintosh Desktop Utility November 10, 1997. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Natural Intelligence, Inc. today announced the sale of DragStrip(r), its award winning desktop utility for the Macintosh. This action reflects Natural Intelligence's focus on the expansion of its core custom software consulting business, and its newly formed Corporate Java Division. DragStrip will be acquired by Christopher Evans, the original creator of the product, who will upgrade, support and distribute the product as a shareware product. "We have a very mixed feeling about this spin-off," said Joshua Wachs, President and CEO of Natural Intelligence. "DragStrip was one of the first products we developed, and its international success in the Macintosh community was a wonderful affirmation of Natural Intelligence's innovative technology. But since we don't have time for development or support, we owe it to our loyal and enthusiastic...

Apple Designs Different: Unveils Next Generation Power Macintosh G3 Computers New Systems Deliver Greatest Performance Leap in Power Macintosh History CUPERTINO,California--Nov. 10, 1997--Apple Computer, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) today unveiled its next-generation "prosumer" systems--the Power Macintosh G3 computers. Based on the third-generation PowerPC G3 processor from IBM and Motorola, the new Apple designs include many technical advancements, which simultaneously increase performance, lower costs, add features and simplify the Macintosh product line. The new systems provide millions of publishing, multimedia authoring, and general productivity customers with best-in-class product features, quality and reliability while being faster than even the newest Pentium II/300 products. According to Steve Jobs, Apple's interim CEO the new systems are part of a strategy to change how the Company does business. "It's time to think differently about performance," said Jobs. "The new G3 chip,...

QUALCOMM Incorporated Announces Acquisition of Now Software SAN DIEGO, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- QUALCOMM Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM), a world leader in wireless communications and advanced electronic messaging solutions for the Internet, today announced its acquisition of Now Software, a pioneer in cross-platform, personal productivity software. With the acquisition, QUALCOMM gains Now's range of advanced scheduling and calendaring software products that meet a growing demand for individual and enterprise collaboration for both office and mobile users. The acquired Now product line, coupled with its Internet savvy engineering staff, will be incorporated into QUALCOMM's Eudora(R) Division thereby strengthening Eudora's technological leadership in the Internet market. "The acquisition of Now gives QUALCOMM access to exciting new technologies and talented individuals," said Jeff Jacobs, vice president and general manager of QUALCOMM's Eudora Division. It also will provide Eudora's 18...

JOY FOR WINDOWS RELEASED NEW RAPID SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT TOOL FOR WINDOWS 95 AND NT VIENNA, Austria, November 7, 1997 -- AAA+ Software today announced the release of "Joy for Windows". Joy is a tool for very quick, interactive software development. Programs developed with Joy run on Windows 95/NT, Apple Rhapsody, and OPENSTEP/Unix, with no porting required. Joy is based on OPENSTEP, a software widely acknowledged as one of the most advanced object-oriented development environments, and used by Apple as the foundation of its new Rhapsody operating system. With Joy, developers can take advantage of the rich object-oriented frameworks of OPENSTEP without the need to get familiar with a complex development environment. Joy boosts developer creativity and productivity by enabling programmers to quickly and interactively try out new ideas. Professional applications can thus be developed step by step, through rapid creation of prototypes. FEATURE HIGHLIGHTS - integration with OPENSTEP's...

Metrowerks has acquired the ElectricSourceServer (which will now be known as MW SourceServer) MPW Projector SourceServer IDE VCS plug-in. In the future it will be distributed with CW Professional. Metrowerks is opening MW SourceServer up for beta testing if you are interested please send requests to (mptp-admin@factory.metrowerks.com) Please note that this is a separate Metrowerks Permanent Testing Partners (beta testers) list from any others. If however you currently are a beta tester please note this in your request. http://www.metrowerks.com MWRon@metrowerks.com