Path: utzoo!censor!geac!jtsv16!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!claris!wombat From: wombat@claris.com (Scott Lindsey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: MacUser Rumor Message-ID: Date: 14 Nov 89 22:10:13 GMT References: <7078.infoapple.net@pro-generic> <9017@microsoft.UUCP> Sender: wombat@claris.com Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 28 In-reply-to: brianw@microsoft.UUCP's message of 14 Nov 89 06:05:31 GMT In article <9017@microsoft.UUCP> brianw@microsoft.UUCP (Brian Willoughby) writes: > My first response was "Only Apple", i.e. the current Apple II employees > plus additional employees to round out a divided company (hey, I'd > volunteer). Basically a Claris-style branch. BTW, where did the bulk of > the Claris employees come from? I'm assuming that they came from Apple > positions in software development. How long has it been since Claris was > born, anyway? Do you think that it is too soon for Apple to be > considering another major split? Obviously, since I don't have a GS - or > a big checkbook, I haven't kept up with Claris' evolution. Let's clear things up a bit. Claris started off small. Real small. There was initially less than a dozen employees. There was no *bulk* movement of employees... it's been a slow yet steady accumulation. Pretty much only engineers would come from Apple software development. Other people came from just about any other department in Apple you'd care to mention. I would, however, estimate that at most 50% of Claris' present employees came from Apple. It's difficult to gauge, especially when some people worked at Apple at some time, but worked elsewhere before coming to Claris. Almost the entirety of the IIgs development team came from StyleWare, and had no relationship to Apple. Claris is officially aproximately 2-1/2 years old. If you really want to know, I can dig up the exact dates. Scott Lindsey |"Cold and misty morning. I heard a warning borne in the air Claris Corp. | About an age of power when no one had an hour to spare" ames!claris!wombat| DISCLAIMER: These are not the opinions of Claris, Apple, wombat@claris.com | StyleWare, the author, or anyone else living or Dead.