Next Inc. shipping its new software

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Next Inc begins shipment of a version of its Nextstep operating system intended for mainstream microcomputers rather than for niche markets. According to Next Chmn Steven P. Jobs, the operating system will be used by eight leading microcomputer manufacturers on their machines for users who request it. Jobs also announced that HP will market Nextstep to its corporate customer base using HP workstations. Nextstep has attracted a loyal following of software developers because of its object-oriented programming technology. However, it still has to rival the mass appeal of Microsoft or Apple Macintosh software, despite contentions that Nextstep is a more advanced technology than object-oriented software from IBM, Apple and Microsoft. Jobs says that Nextstep is a viable competitor to Microsoft's Windows NT operating system.

Prepackaged software, Computer software industry, Software industry, Product introduction, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, Product enhancement, Object oriented programming, Operating System, Competition, Enhancements, NeXT Computer Inc., NeXTstep (Operating system), Object-Oriented Programming

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Chip technology's friendly rivals

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There is currently an intense rivalry in the computer industry: on one side is a group of companies led by MIPS Computer Inc, with John L. Hennessy, a computer scientist at Stanford University; and on the other side are companies led by Sun Microsystems Inc, with David A. Patterson, a computer scientist at Berkeley. The two maintain a friendship, even collaborating on a popular textbook titled 'Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach.' They share much in common: both promote a simplified approach to computer design called reduced-instruction-set (RISC) computing, and both subordinate corporate rivalry to the enjoyment of creating new technology. Each of their groups' now promotes its own chip, which emerged from research done at Stanford and Berkeley, respectively. Both devices are RISC chips.

Research, Officials and employees, Computer industry, Integrated circuits, Sun Microsystems Inc., SUNW, Personalities, Scientists, MIPS Computer Systems Inc., MIPS, RISC based computers, Computer Design, Book, RISC, RISC processors, Reduced-instruction-set computers, Hennessy, John L., Patterson, David (British scholar)

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