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Hi all,
	The meeting is:
	
	October 22nd	October 22nd	October 22nd	October 22nd
	
	Thursday, at 6:30 PM, at Reed College, in the Vollum College  
Center. Please note the date. (Please feel free to forward this on, and to  
send me other addresses for people to include them in my mailings. Thanks)
	
Agenda:
	- NeXTStep 3.0: overview of changes for users.
	- Cub'X: the premier X-Windows package for NeXT, being
		 demonstrated by Interactive Technologies, the
		 NorthAmerican distributor of Cub'X and the new
		 Portland NeXT reseller (yes, a NeXT reseller in 
		 Portland).
	- ElectroFile: a top of the line document management product 
		with an very competitive price. We will be seeing the 
		brand new version 2.0 to this very popular product. 
		Insigght Software is a local Portland firm and will 
		be showing all of the features of ElectroFile, 
		including scanning at 20+ pages per min and OCR using 
		the Xerox ScanWorks technology. Trust me, this is a 
		totally cool product and is quite affordable.
	- Executor: the Macintosh emulator. We will be showing 
		Microsoft Word and Excel. We will also be looking at 
		how well Executor plays in the NeXT environment, 
		especially file compatibility. This is an important 
		product and it has been well recieved.
		
	Please come out to this meeting. Much has occured in the NeXT  
market since the last meeting, some time ago. NeXT has release NeXTStep  
3.0 with user interface modifications, more use of color, an improved from  
the ground up Interface Builder (more way cool than ever), added 3-D  
rendering into the operating system and more. Also the first NeXTWorld  
Expo was held, and event that drew many quiet developers out into the  
open. There has been a massive explosion of apps for the NeXT and we will  
have NeXT third party catalogs on hand. Also, NeXT has shipped the first  
ever Object Catalog detailing the Objective C objects that are available,  
both commercialy and for free. This is a major step and is very tangible  
proof of NeXT's object-oriented approach to both operating system and user  
application design. This object catalog puts NeXT years ahead of  
PowerOpen, Solaris, or Windows NT. Come see why the industry is following  
NeXT.
	Portland now has a NeXT reseller, located in Beaverton. They are  
great team of guys with very extensive backgrounds in computer sales,  
integration, custom software design, and mainframes. Honest, these guys  
are good. Come meet them. (more formal grand openings will follow soon)
	So, just as a reminder, the meeting is
	
		******** October 22nd **************
Thursday, at 6:30 PM, at Reed College, in the Vollum College Center.
Please let me know if you need directions. 
There will be food.

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Jon Bieley
President
Portland NeXT Users Group
bieley@reed.edu