NeXT Computer, Inc. and OpenSource, Inc. Announce Direct Resale Agreement

DENVER, CO. -- March 30, 1995 -- NeXT Computer, Inc. and OpenSource, Inc.
today signed an agreement which allows OpenSource to directly market and
sell NeXT products. This agreement makes OpenSource a single-source
provider of NEXTSTEP solutions.

OpenSource currently sells NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 and NEXTSTEP Release 3.3
Developer for Intel PCs, Motorola 68k, PA-RISC and SPARC architectures.
This agreement extends OpenSource's NeXT offerings to include Enterprise
Objects Frameworks; Portable Distributed Objects (PDO) for SunOS, Solaris
and HP-UX; NetInfo for SunOS, DEC OSF/1 and HP-UX; and NEXTIME.

"We are thrilled that NeXT has chosen us as resellers to distribute its
industry-leading object technology. This agreement further enhances our
ability to provide turnkey solutions to our customers and we welcome the
opportunity." said Matthew Moran, OpenSource's President. "In addition, we
will take advantage of this agreement as we introduce our SPARC-based
OpenStations pre-installed with NEXTSTEP 3.3 for SPARC."

"We are pleased to be able to offer our customers choice when it comes to
purchasing NeXT products. With a single-source reseller like OpenSource,
customers who wish to purchase their hardware, software and integration
services can do so from one vendor," said Steven P. Jobs, Chairman and CEO
of NeXT Computer, Inc.

NEXTSTEP 3.3

NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 provides greater support for large-scale environments
typical of NeXT's corporate customers. Specifically, it addresses issues
such as interoperability, scalability and ease of use that are critical to
application deployment. For example, the task of system administration is
reduced by the capability provided to system administrators to do a
network installation.

NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 includes additional support for new standards such as
PCI and ISA Plug & Play. Release 3.3 also includes support for PCMCIA,
Advanced Power Management and 8-bit color. With the appropriate drivers,
these features provide the foundation to support popular portable
computers. Release 3.3 comes bundled with more than 50 device drivers to
support a wide variety of peripherals. These new features simplify the
task of hardware configurations and enable NEXTSTEP to run on a larger
variety of Intel-based desktop and portable systems.

NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3

NEXTSTEP Developer Release 3.3 is designed to aid customers who need to
rapidly develop robust and easy-to-maintain client/server applications. It
is also a stepping-stone for developers planning to deploy OpenStep on
Windows NT, Windows 95, Solaris and OSF/1 applications in the future.

Specifically, the visual development tools, including NeXT's
industry-acclaimed Interface Builder, have been improved in this release
to ease development and promote greater object re-use. NEXTSTEP Developer
Release 3.3 also includes improved C++ support. For those operating in
heterogeneous computing environments, the product enables customers to
build enterprise-wide, client/server applications to run on any of four
hardware platforms - Intel PCs, PA-RISC and SPARC workstations and NeXT
Computers.

Enterprise Objects Framework

Enterprise Objects Framework builds on NeXT's leadership in object-oriented
software development by dramatically reducing the costs of building and
maintaining database applications. The Framework is unique in its ability
to bring the benefits of object-oriented programming to relational
database application development. Enterprise Objects Framework enables
developers to construct reusable business objects that combine business
logic with persistent storage in industry-standard relational databases.

Portable Distributed Objects

PDO (Portable Distributed Objects) extends NEXTSTEP's industry-leading
object model and messaging architecture to industry-standard server
operating systems, scaling that advantage from the desktop to the data
center. PDO provides this framework by extending the same seamless object
framework that NEXTSTEP developers already use for local and distributed
objects.

OpenSource, Inc.

OpenSource is a single-source reseller of third-party applications and
pre-configured hardware for the NEXTSTEP operating system. Dedicated to
prompt service and quality support, OpenSource offers the most extensive
line of NEXTSTEP-related products in the industry. OpenSource is
headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

NeXT Computer, Inc.

NeXT develops and markets OpenStep, the industry's first and most advanced
object environment. OpenStep versions have been announced which will run
on several operating systems, including NeXT's own MachOS, Sun's Solaris,
Digital's OSF/1 and Microsoft's Windows NT and Windows 95. OpenStep's
object-oriented technology allows corporate customers to rapidly create
and deploy three-tier, client-server, mission critical custom
applications. NeXT is headquartered in Redwood City, California, and has
offices in North America, London, Paris, Munich and Tokyo.

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