faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel P Faigin) (05/13/87)
We would like to announce, on behalf of Larry Wall (lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP),
an addition to the already famous line of OFF THE WALL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS (TM):
Geneva Marie
6 lbs 9 oz
Born May 12, 1987, 06:44 AM PDT
Geneva Marie joins the following products already in the OFF THE WALL line
(listed in alphabetical order):
Aron Clark (Age 2)
Heidi Alayne (Age 5)
MetaConfigure (Age 6mo)
Patch (Age 1)
Perl (Age 3mo)
Rn (Age 4)
Warp (Age 10)
Mark Biggar (his brother-in-law) and Daniel Faigin (his officemate)
W: UNiSYS/DS/System Development Group (formerly System Development Corp)
2525 Colorado MD 91-01;Santa Monica CA 90406;213/829-7511
Email: (uucp) faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (arpa) faigin%sdcrdcf.UUCP@CAM.Unisys.COM
Email: (uucp) markb@sdcrdcf.UUCP (arpa) markb%sdcrdcf.UUCP@CAM.Unisys.COM
Email: (uucp) lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (arpa) lwall%sdcrdcf.UUCP@CAM.Unisys.COMcsg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) (05/14/87)
In article <4628@sdcrdcf.UUCP> faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel P Faigin) writes: >We would like to announce, on behalf of Larry Wall (lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP), >an addition to the already famous line of OFF THE WALL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS (TM): > > Geneva Marie > 6 lbs 9 oz Available via anonymous ftp? <csg>
lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (05/16/87)
In article <2395@pyramid.UUCP! csg@pyramid.UUCP (Carl S. Gutekunst) writes: !In article <4628@sdcrdcf.UUCP> faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel P Faigin) writes: !>We would like to announce, on behalf of Larry Wall (lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP), !>an addition to the already famous line of OFF THE WALL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS (TM): !> !> Geneva Marie !> 6 lbs 9 oz ! ! Available via anonymous ftp? No, I'm afraid some people in marketing got a little ahead of themselves in announcing this, since the product hasn't been released from the development group yet. We brought the prototype unit home yesterday for testing but it still has some bugs--it crashes frequently and spends most of its time rebooting. Its anti-tamper alarms go off when it hasn't been tampered with, particularly the middle of the night. It hiccups on the least little discrepancy in its input. It also seems to work poorly unless it has excessive insulation around its pedestal. To top it all off, the pedestal doesn't even support the CPU correctly--we have to run the unit on its side. We'll be glad to add you to the list of potential beta testers, but only if you promise to coordinate all improvements through the development group. Additional qualifications: you should be about 0-4 years old, and be willing to wait 16-20 years. You also should not expect the beta unit to implement all the functionality of the final production unit. We are not sure what colors it will be available in, but the prototype is painted a reddish-pink, with reddish-brown wiring. While the development group has expressed an interest in red wiring, the production group won't commit itself with regard to color, saying that it's a marketing decision. Management feels the development group should concentrate on making sure all advertised features work properly, and leave the marketing to those who don't know how to do anything else... Hope this clears up some of the confusion out there. Larry Wall VP of R&D at OTWSP, Inc. sdcrdcf!lwall
jc@gmdzi.UUCP (Juergen Christoffel) (05/23/87)
in article <4628@sdcrdcf.UUCP>, faigin@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Daniel P Faigin) says: > Xref: unido news.software.b:498 > > > We would like to announce, on behalf of Larry Wall (lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP), > an addition to the already famous line of OFF THE WALL SOFTWARE PRODUCTS (TM): > > Geneva Marie Hmm, I'm wondering wether this is shareware :-) :-) :-) (Sorry, couldn't resist - congratulations Larry)