nbaran@well.sf.ca.us (Nicholas Baran) (07/18/90)
NEWS
Contact: Baran's Tech Letter
P.O. Box 876
Sandpoint, ID 83864-0876
Nicholas Baran (208) 265-5286
NEWSLETTER FOR NEXT COMPUTER USERS SET TO LAUNCH
THIS FALL
SANDPOINT, IDAHO, July 12, 1990 -- In response to growing demand
for an independent publication covering the NeXT(tm) Computer,
former BYTE West Coast bureau chief, Nicholas Baran, announced his
plans today to publish a monthly newsletter called Baran's Tech
Letter. The first issue is slated for publication in September, 1990.
Aimed at both end users and developers, Baran's Tech Letter will
provide news and analysis of new products and technological
developments affecting the NeXT environment. "Baran's Tech Letter
will be a much needed source of information about third party
software for our NeXT Computer customers," said NeXT's manager of
marketing communications, Karen Sipprell. In addition to third party
software, Baran's Tech Letter will cover topics such as:
o Postscript Level 2; how will it affect Display Postscript in future
releases of the NeXT system software?
o Motorola's new 96002 digital signal processor; it's the successor to
the DSP chip in the NeXT Computer; how is it different and is it likely
o The competition; are other vendors catching up to the unique
capabilities of Interface Builder and NeXTStep? Is IBM really
committed to NeXTStep?
"The NeXT user community is steadily growing and users need a
professional, independent publication that covers the machine," said
Baran. "I don't think the trade press has been providing adequate
coverage of the NeXT Computer or third party products," he added.
As an independent publication, Baran's Tech Letter will carry no
advertising. Each issue will be 8 to 16 pages long; the annual
subscription price for 12 issues will be $125.
Nicholas Baran has been a senior technical editor at BYTE Magazine
and most recently was West Coast bureau chief for the magazine. He
co-authored BYTE's cover article on the NeXT Computer when it was
first introduced in October of 1988; it was the first major article about
the computer that appeared in the trade press. Baran is a registered
NeXT developer and holds a degree in mechanical engineering from
Stanford University. Though no longer a full-time employee of BYTE,
Baran remains affiliated with the magazine as a consulting editor and
is also consulting editor for Mechanical Engineering Systems, an
Auerbach Publishers publication.
NeXT , NeXTStep, and Interface Builder are registered trademarks of
NeXT, Inc. Postscript and Display Postscript are registered trademarks
of Adobe Systems, Inc.
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