bwebster@crash.UUCP (10/21/85)
From: crash!bwebster@SDCSVAX.ARPA
NOTE: The following message was taken from an Atari BBS and
posted on BIX (which is where I picked it up from). It clears
up--a little--the confusion surrounding the Apple-DRI affair.
Note the wording carefully; changes are not required to GEM
per se, but *are* required for "GEM Desktop" (the Mac-like
user interface). Those changes are said to be "superficial";
it will be interesting to see what they really are.
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10/11/85... Following is the text of an official press release
issued today by Sam Tramiel, president of Atari Corp., concerning
the recent agreement between DRI and Apple.
SUNNYVALE, CALIFORNIA -- In an agreement between Digital Research
and Apple Computer, Digital Research has agreed to make certain
superficial changes to three of its application programs: "GEM
Desktop", "GEM Paint", and "GEM Draw". Contrary to reports, the
agreement does not require changes to GEM or to Atari Corp.'s TOS
operating system.
DRI, as part of its normal development process, has prepared
enhancements to its GEM application products which further set it
apart from the Apple Macintosh. Atari is reviewing these
changes. Atari promises to its software developers and customers
that Atari will make no changes that will reduce the capabilities
of the Atari ST system and software. Further, Atari promises
that any enhancements will maintain compatability with GEM appli-
cations software on the market and in development.
Digital Research's GEM and the applications software which uses
its capabilities will continue to provide the most powerful and
easy-to-use computer interface on the market. The Atari 520ST
continues to be the most powerful computer delivering these
features and will continue to do so at an affordable price.
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Hope that sheds some additional light. It does suggest the
possibility of similIX TROFF source?
a) Yes
b) No
11. If we were to make electronic copies of tand see.
..bruce..
Bruce F. Webster, Consulting Editor, BYTE Magazine
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