bruceh@mentor.com (Bruce Holm) (06/05/90)
I contacted Monogram S/W Friday (6/1/90) and asked about the rumors
I had heard. I was able to verify the following:
* Monogram S/W has been bought out by Software Toolworks of
Northridge, CA. Their telephone number is (818) 885-9000.
They will continue to support the product "Dollars and Sense".
* This transaction does not take place until the end of June...
i.e. they remain Monogram S/W until then, then they go by the name
Software Toolworks.
* Dollars and Sense 5.0 for the Mac is still planned to be released
in ~3-4 weeks, when it comes back from the printers. It has gone
through a delay to work out a few bugs/requests that came in from
their beta testers.
* They still have a list of people on their computer list of those
who have requested the upgrade to 5.0 from earlier versions (and
from those switching from other brands...I assume). I was able to
verify that my name was still on the list.
* The Compuserve Forum that Monogram has had will be closing in about
two weeks. It may or may not reopen as a Software Toolworks forum,
depending on what the new management decides to do.
* "Dollars and Sense" was the only product Monogram had at the time of
this aquisition by ST. "Business Sense" was sold to its original
makers...Digital Etc. back in ~December/January (89/90). As far as
Monogram knows, they have gone out of business.
I mention this here for those who are interested, as I was, in knowing
what is going on with Monogram. Supposedly, there was a press release
but I have yet to see it. If you have further questions, don't ask me.
This is all I know. Call Monogram...as soon as the pre-recorded voices
start, press "0" and talk to the operator...its faster and more guaren-
teed to get a real human to talk to.
If you hear further breaking news, please post to the net. There are
those of us who want to know...
--Bruce
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Bruce Holm, Design/Analysis Div. / (503) 626-7000
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