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Date: Sun 14-Dec-1991 04:38:04 From: samurai!johnc@ms.uky.edu (John Coppinger) Subject: Re: PowerStep sighting, AppSoft and the future of Media Logic Bill Barker writes > ... NeXTWORLD Expo mailing, > take a close look at the app displayed on the monitor inside the brochure. > Could this be a stealthly way of saying PowerStep isn't dead? - P U R E S P E C U L A T I O N - (don't you just hate it...) AppSoft is acquiring software from several sources - WriteNow and Icon/Pixelist from NeXT, TopDraw from Media Logic. A traditional spreadsheet could be next on their list. If it's true, I'd love to hear how they got Phillipe Kahn to give it up. - E V E N P U R E R S P E C U L A T I O N - (yes, it gets worse...) There was a time period between the cancellation of the PowerStep project and Borland's Ashton-Tate acquisition. Time enough, perhaps, to unload PowerStep in exchange for cash. In fact, given Ashton-Tate's sorry state of business last year, it may have decided to liquidate PowerStep on the acquisition market, rather than take their chances on the "level playing field". Anything to improve cash flow. - S P E A K I N G O F M E D I A L O G I C - ... has anyone heard from them lately? TopDraw apparently belongs to AppSoft now. As far as I know, Artisan got lost somewhere. Unless Artisan shipped and I just missed it, then they are down to 0 apps. Does anyone know the story, or fate, of Media Logic? John Coppinger
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