singer@HARVARD.HARVARD.EDU (Richard Siegel) (09/30/87)
THINK Technologies today announced it is merging with Symantec Corporation. Symantec is best known in the IBM PC world for its innovative natural- language database software, Q & A. Symantec also recently merged with Living Videotext, the makers of ThinkTank and MORE. THINK will operate as a division of Symantec. I want to assure everyone that this does not signal a change in product direction for THINK. In fact, quite the contrary. Programming language environments and desktop communications will remain the main focus of our business, and our charter will be to maintain and expand our position in the Macintosh market. The mergers reflect Symantec's determination to be a major player on the Mac. There is particular interest at Symantec in the programming language market. Gordon Eubanks, Symantec's CEO, was the author of CBASIC and later became VP of Programming Languages at Digital Research. And Spencer Leyton, Executive VP of Business Development at Symantec, was until very recently VP of Sales and Business Development at Borland International. The transition will take place with as little upheaval as possible. THINK's development organization, including Quality Assurance and Customer Support, will remain at our current site in Bedford, Massachusetts. Andrew Singer, THINK's Chairman and VP of Engineering, will be General Manager of the THINK division of Symantec, reporting to Spencer Leyton. We're very excited about becoming part of Symantec. With the greater resources of Symantec behind us, we will be better able to provide the high level of product quality and service to which we aspire. -- Michael Kahl, THINK Technologies... uh, I mean: Symantec