While most NeXT only developers have moved quickly to post their applications to Intel systems, some large cross-platform developers are sitting on the fence.
Dano Ybarra, marketing manager for Adobe's display products group, confirmed rumors that Adobe is taking a wait-and-see attitude toward the continued development of Illustrator and other applications for NeXTSTEP. Ybarra added that NeXTSTEP is the best showcase for Adobe technologies such as Display PostScript and Post-Script Level 2, and the company will continue to support NeXT's efforts in those areas. Adobe also planned to exhibit at NeXT-WORLD Expo. "We will be showing Display PostScript running under NeXTSTEP on an Intel computer, along with our development tools," Ybarra said.
Frame Technologies' current plans include continued support for FrameMaker on Motorola hardware, while the decision to port FrameMaker to NeXT-STEP for Intel remains under consideration. "We've had people call and ask if we were going to discontinue FrameMaker on the NeXT," said spokeswoman Natalie Lingo. "It would be too soon for anyone to make that kind of decision."
WordPerfect Corporation plans to support NeXTSTEP on Motorola and Intel hardware and ship an interim Intel-based release of its WordPerfect word processor at Expo. The new version lets users drag and drop both graphics and text onto the page and includes a new on-line help system.
According to UNIX Product Marketing Manager Gordon Mella, work continues on a version of WordPerfect for NeXT-STEP that is feature and file-format compatible with its DOS, Windows, and Macintosh counterparts.