Ross Perot is back on the ranch, but Earl Williams may ride into the Virginia statehouse on NeXT technology.
With 17 NeXTstation Turbos and Turbo Color machines, workers in Williams's '93 Republican bid for the governorship are using WordPerfect, PasteUp, and custom software developed by RDR, a Fairfax, Virginia-based NeXTSTEP developer. RDR's software can generate customized letters to telephone respondents based on their answers to campaign workers' questions.
On the financial-services front, B-Cubed, a Woodbridge, New JerseyÐbased value-added dealer, has sold 26 NeXTstation Color Turbo machines to Equitable Securities in New York as part of a pilot program. The system integrator is Chicago-based TSC.
B-Cubed is also negotiating with Republic National Bank to replace 50 Dell '486s with NeXTs on its trading floor. Republic is currently running 50 NeXTs in its legal department in New York.