mike@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Mike Smithwick) (09/05/89)
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Ok gals and guys, the new name for Galileo is . . .
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This was selected partly because my new publisher had to submit something
to Amazing Computing by last Thursday in order to make their Software
buyers guide. Since they had been using the name for a few days internally,
and grew to like it, it was the natural choice for them.
Oh, yes, I decided to go with a real publisher instead of self-publishing.
Were I to self publish, I could never had gotten this bird off the ground
for Xmas (the drop dead date is October 15). Too bad, I'll not have a reason
to use my company name, Sitara. Distant Suns will be published by
Virtual Reality Laboratories as their first product.
Anyway, a hearty thanks and free copy of the program go to Yvan Cazabon
of the University of Waterloo. Also, thanks again to all of the others
who submitted names. I'm going to have to think of something that makes
use of some of the others, they're too good to pass up (especially
"Star Potato").
*** mike smithwick ***
"Los Angeles : Where neon goes to die"
[disclaimer : nope, I don't work for NASA, I take full blame for my ideas]