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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.announce From: andy@sarrus.com (Andrew K. Turk) Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Sarrus Software, Inc. acquires SBook Organization: Next Announcements Approved: sanguish@digifix.com Contact: Sarrus Software, Inc. Andy Turk 415.345.8950 Sarrus Software, Inc. acquires SBook from SGAI Redwood City, Calif., March 1, 1993 P Sarrus Software, Inc., today announced that is has acquired SBook, the acclaimed information management application for NeXTSTEP. Originally developed by Simson Garfinkel and Associates, Inc., SBook has a loyal following of users and is widely known for its incredibly fast searches and its automatic recognition of names, addresses and phone numbers. Building on the success of its group scheduling application, Pencil Me In, Sarrus Software will begin selling and supporting SBook immediately. *It's a great app, we've been keeping track of our customers, contacts, and beta users with it for some time now,: said Andy Turk, President of Sarrus. *We see SBook playing a major role in our planned portfolio of integrated office and workgroup productivity applications.: *I'm really excited that Sarrus is taking over SBook,: said Simson Garfinkel, author of SBook. *Sarrus is a great company, and they're well equipped to support existing SBook users and to continue development of the product.: SBook combines the flexibility of a free-form database with the intelligence to recognize names, addresses and phone numbers as they're entered. *I use it for everything, customers, leads, contacts and vendors,: said David Peter, President of HSD, Inc. and long-time user of SBook. *Total flexibility is one of SBook's tremendous advantages. I often have to record international addresses and phone numbers which can't fit into the rigid structure of typical contact management applications.: Software For People Who Work In Groups The mission of Sarrus Software is to develop and market group-oriented office productivity software. SBook and Pencil Me In already work closely with electronic mail. Current and future products from Sarrus Software will focus on enhancing workgroup office productivity. Sarrus Software, Inc. is headquartered at 565 Pilgrim Drive, Suite C, Foster City, CA 94404. Pencil Me In and SBook are trademarks of Sarrus Software, Inc. NeXTSTEP is a trademark of NeXT, Inc.
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