MiscKit for Rhapsody available for free download

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:

Ensuing Technologies
Contact: Karl Kraft, Ensuing Technologies
Email: karl@ensuing.com
Telephone: 800-224-8147
702-792-6799
Web: http://www.ensuing.com/

MiscKit
Contact: Don Yacktman, MiscKit
Email: don@misckit.com
Telephone: 801-221-0344
Web: http://www.misckit.com/

MISCKIT FOR RHAPSODY AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD

Las Vegas, NV, December 16, 1997 -- Ensuing Technologies announced today they are now mirroring the complete and official archives of the MiscKit Effort. The MiscKit is a free to use framework of classes and example code for Rhapsody, Apple's next generation operating system.

Previously, only small portions of the MiscKit were available on various FTP servers located throughout the world. Now, the entire MiscKit, documentation and archives are now available in a single location.

The archives are being hosted on an FTP server supplied by Ensuing Technologies, a premier Rhapsody developer. FTP services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A quick index of the FTP server can be found at http://www.ensuing.com/freebies/misckit/ . Users wishing more direct access can check out ftp://misckit.ensuing.com/ or ftp://ftp2.misckit.com/ .

MiscKit was originally released in 1993 by Don Yacktman, now the founder and maintainer of the MiscKit Effort. The original MiscKit was solely a work of Don Yacktman, but since then the MiscKit has seen many revisions as over a hundred developers have contributed source code, examples, and documentation.

With the purchase of NeXT Software by Apple Computer, MiscKit has begun the transition to being compliant with Yellow Box, the core frameworks for Rhapsody. Early versions of the YellowBox Misckit are available now. This version helps reduce development time, and represents a powerful collection that every Rhapsody programmer should have.

"We are proud to be providing a home for MiscKit on our FTP server. This continues our effort to help Macintosh developers learn and master Yellow Box and Rhapsody.", said Karl Kraft, President and CEO of Ensuing Technologies.

"I'm very grateful that Ensuing Technologies has offered to share their resources to help make this archive available. This type of contribution, from all ends of the OPENSTEP/Rhapsody community, is what keeps the MiscKit alive and is what helped the MiscKit to become the success it is today.", said Don Yacktman, the maintainer of the MiscKit Effort.

Further information about the MiscKit is available from the MiscKit web site at http://www.misckit.com/ or by emailing don@misckit.com.

Ensuing Technologies is located in Las Vegas, the twenty four hour town, and spends every hour of the day creating quality software for OpenStep and Rhapsody.

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