newsbytes@clarinet.com (01/18/90)
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A., 1990 JAN 17 (NB) -- RIX SoftWorks has been awarded a major contract let by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as major contributor to the Office Automation Technology and Services (OATS) contract awarded to AT&T in December. The estimated value of the FAA contract is in excess of $ 1 billion. RIX will deliver approximately 11,000 units of ColoRIX VGA Paint and ColoRIX Professional under the terms of the subcontract with AT&T. Delivery of all software is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 1990. According to Loretta Castle, Rix vice president, the RIX products were pivotal in the award of the contract to AT&T because they consistently earned the highest marks of all the paint and image editing software being tested throughout the Operation Capabilities Demonstration (OCD). Test areas included functionality, ease of learning and ease of use, reliability, error handling and hardware support. (Janet Endrijonas/19900117/Press Contact: Loretta Castle, RIX SoftWorks, 714-476-8266)