Prelude to Rhapsody Starts at WWDC; Attendees at Apple's
Upcoming Developers Conference to Get Free OPENSTEP
and WebObjects Development Tools
CUPERTINO, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to build momentum
for its next-generation operating system, code-named Rhapsody, Apple Computer,
Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) today announced that it will provide all Worldwide
Developers Conference (WWDC) attendees, free of charge, a "Prelude to
Rhapsody" software bundle, which includes the latest versions of OPENSTEP and
WebObjects development tools. These tools will allow developers to begin
learning the OPENSTEP programming environment which is the basis for Rhapsody.
They also include WebObjects, which is Apple's industry-leading tool for
easily creating powerful and full-featured dynamic websites.
Apple remains on schedule to deliver a Rhapsody Developer Release later
this year, in preparation for the introduction of customer releases in 1998.
Apple's WWDC is May 13-16 at the San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif.
Details on the conference and registration procedures can be found at Apple's
Developer World website at: devworld.apple.com
David Krathwohl, vice president of Developer Relations at Apple Computer
said, "We felt that the best way to prepare the developer community for
Rhapsody was to provide the current OPENSTEP and WebObjects tools to WWDC
attendees at no additional cost. This special offer will allow developers to
learn about the technologies at the conference, then immediately apply what
they've learned by starting to work with the programming environments. This
special WWDC offer helps ensure that when we deliver the Rhapsody Developer
Release later this year, these developers will already have significant
hands-on experience with the tools and APIs."
Each WWDC attendee will receive a free "Prelude to Rhapsody" shrink-wrap
package which includes:
* OPENSTEP User 4.2 for Mach Prerelease 2
* OPENSTEP Developer 4.2 for Mach Prerelease 2
* OPENSTEP Enterprise 4.2 for Windows NT and Windows 95 Prerelease
* WebObjects Developer 3.1 Associated on-line documentation
* Printed copy of "Discovering OPENSTEP: A Developer Tutorial"
The software bundle includes a development only, single-user license for
OPENSTEP and WebObjects, not valid for software application deployment.
Details on deployment licensing for products developed with these tools will
be disclosed at the WWDC. **Although software in the "Prelude to Rhapsody"
bundle will be Intel-based**, the tools and programming environment will evolve
to form the basis of the Rhapsody platform on Power Macintosh and PowerPC
Platform machines. |
