Objective Technologies has launched a new incentive program for its 11 software offerings. Rather than offering discounts based on volume purchases, OTI will now offer a 5-percent price cut on orders over $1000, with 1-percent cuts on every additional $1000, up to a maximum 20-percent discount for $16,000 purchased. OTI: 212/227-6767; info@object.com.
Hot Technologies has unveiled new functionality and pricing for its BarCodeKit. The collection of 13 InterfaceBuilder palettes contains an improved API, a new on-line tutorial, better source-code examples, and performance improvements. Palettes can be purchased separately starting at $99; if purchased as a kit for $2795, Hot includes the source code for its Bar-a-Coda application. Hot Technologies: 617/252-0088; Robert_La_Ferla@ hot.com.
Schema Research Corporation announced in August a version of its SchemaE CASE-database design and management tool for Oracle. The tool, which reverse-engineers the database every work session, was scheduled to be shown at the Oracle International User Group meeting in Orlando, Florida, at the end of September. Schema Research: 415/368-8477; Products@LSC.com.
Two new books of interest to NEXTSTEPpers came out of the dog days of summer. O'Reilly and Associates published Connecting to the Internet: An O'Reilly Buyer's Guide, by Susan Estrada, which helps users determine the type of Internet service best suited to their needs and includes appendices listing providers around the world. It costs $15.95. TELOS, a Springer-Verlag imprint, published The Complete Guide to the NEXTSTEP User Environment, by Michael Shebanek at $42.95, which includes a diskette with software demos and sample sounds and fonts. O'Reilly and Associates: 707/829-0515. TELOS: 212/ 460-1500.
Civilized Software has shipped a Motorola version of its MLAB advanced mathematical and statistical-modeling system. MLAB is designed for model-fitting problems in data-analysis fields. List price is $1495 to $2995; an Intel version is scheduled for release in Q4 of this year. Civilized: 301/652-4714; csi%sava@ cs.umd.edu.
Cub'x Syst¸mes is giving teachers and students a good reason to test its Cub'X Window 4.0 product: academic pricing. The $100 fat-binary version of the X11R5 solution allows users to run X Window apps locally on NEXTSTEP computers or display X applications running on other X Window workstations on the network. Users can also purchase OSF Motif 1.2 for $120. Cub'x: 33/1/47.08.74.40; academic@cubx.com.
Epitome has released a multiple-architecture version of its Redmark on-screen document-markup software. By using a "print image" PostScript file, users are able to put comments on transparent overlays of word-processing, page-layout, illustration, and spreadsheet documents. Version 1.2 is being sent free to all registered users; others may purchase the software for $285. Epitome: 615/ 657-0910; 72677.1034@compuserve.com.
VNP Software announced in September UIBuilder palette, which lets developers use InterfaceBuilder's connection facilities to bind information to the user interface. It sells for $795 per seat. VNP also released DevMan, a low-cost tool for managing multiproject software development that allows source-code control through the software's UI. It costs $395 per seat. VNP: 802/496-7799.