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From: dpp@athena.com (David Pollak)
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Subject: PRESS RELEASE: Athena Design Announces Mesa 1.5A
Date: 30 Aug 1993 16:47:09 -0400
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Boston - Today, Athena Design announced Mesa 1.5A. Mesa 1.5A is
Mesa 1.5 with a series of minor bug fixes, but without the ability
to execute macros written in the Lotus (r) 1-2-3 (r) Macro Language.
Mesa 1.5A is the only officially supported version of Mesa and
Athena Design urges all users to upgrade to Mesa 1.5A as soon as
possible. The upgrade is free to all Mesa users. Copies of Mesa
1.5A will be available on the archives at cs.orst.edu,
ftp.cica.indiana.edu, and athena.com. Users that do not have ftp
access can receive Mesa 1.5A via e-mail or by surface mail. Athena
Design will mail a set of 1.5A disks to any registered Mesa user
who requests them.
David Pollak, President, stated, "We reviewed the Lotus v. Borland
case with our attorneys. Based on our analysis of the case, Lotus
may or may not have a claim against us. We decided to take the
safe road and remove the macro compatibility from Mesa."
In a separate action, Pollak filed a petition for a Writ of Mandamus
in the Lotus v. Borland decision claiming the judge granted Lotus
monopoly control over the Lotus Macro Language and that this infringed
on Pollak's First Amendment right to freedom of expression. If
Pollak prevails, the judge in the case will have to review the
decision such that it does not infringe on Pollak's First Amendment
Rights.
Other Mesa 1.5A changes:
A number of minor bugs are fixed
More responsive to key-based cursor movement
Many new MScript functions
Enhanced spreadsheet linking
Better control over the Query Inspector
Based on customer feedback, the new floating license manager will
access license numbers from all prior versions of Mesa, and even
accept single user license numbers to allow the creation of single
user floating versions of Mesa for small organizations who share
one or two copies of Mesa.
For more information on obtaining your free upgrade, please send
mail to feedback@athena.com.
Thanks for your continued support and for making Mesa the best
selling NEXTSTEP spreadsheet.
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