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For Immediate Release                               November 2, 1992

Contact: Leslie Schinto
         CAP GEMINI AMERICA
         (212)944-6464 ext.297

     or  Emily Brower
         Allison Thomas Associates
         (415)780-3786


CAP GEMINI AMERICA AND NeXT SIGN ALLIANCE AGREEMENT

New York, NY - CAP GEMINI AMERICA (CGA) and NeXT Computer, Inc. today
jointly announced that the companies have signed a systems intergrator
agreement wherein CAP GEMINI AMERICA will provide NeXT-related
services to users at large client server installation sites
nationwide.

CGA's NeXT-related service offerings will include project
implementation, consulting, networking and programming, with a primary
emphasis on integrating the NeXT platform in heterogeneous
environments, officials from the companies said.  These services are
expected to prove particularly interesting to the CGA clients within
the financial service, insurance and manufacturing business
communities.  Under the agreement, CGA will provide pre- and post-
sales services and support to the NeXT sites, but will not resell NeXT
hardware.

"CAP GEMINI AMERICA is a premier information technology consulting
organization, " stated Todd Rulon-Miller, NeXT's vice president of
North American sales.  "We are delighted to have established this
relationship.  Our customers with large client server installations
will be able to take immediate advantage of CGA's service offerings."

"We are pleased to form this strategic marketing agreement and look
forward to mutually rewarding relationship," said Robert J. Sywolski,
chairman of CAP GEMINI AMERICA.  "NeXT and CGA share numerous clients
who will benefit from this association.  Our relationship will assist
both of our companies in meeting the needs of customers who elect to
integrate the NeXT platform within their I.T.  operation."

CAP GEMINI AMERICA is a leading provider of information technology
consulting and professional services.  Headquartered in New York, and
employing more than 2,500 professionals in 32 branch offices
nationwide, the company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CAP GEMINI
SOGETI (CGS), one of the largest information technology consulting
companies in the world.  In addition to supplying NeXT support
services, the CGA organization specializes in conversions and
re-engineering, software engineering productivity, and integrated
manufacturing technologies project business.  CGS, with transnational
operations in 16 countries, has annual revenues of more than $2
billion.  Revenue for CGA in 1991 exceeded $210 million.

NeXT Computer, Inc. designs and markets the industry-acclaimed
NeXTSTEP object-oriented operating system, and designs, manufactures
and markets UNIX-based workstations that run NeXTSTEP.  NeXTSTEP and
NeXT workstations are used by medium and large organizations to
develop and deploy mission-critical applications, using both custom
and shrink-wrapped software.  NeXT is headquartered at 900 Chesapeake
Drive, Redwood City, California, 94063.


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