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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A3000 questions and comments
Message-ID: <13792@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Aug 90 14:37:28 GMT
References: <4E470D12BFBF40044C@ISUVAX.BITNET> <13767@cbmvax.commodore.com> <11331@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax (Peter Cherna)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <11331@wehi.dn.mu.oz> BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz writes:
>In article <13767@cbmvax.commodore.com>, peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna) writes:
>> 
>> "Outline fonts in 2.0" was one of the better rumors that went around.
>> (we do have scalable bitmap fonts in 2.0, so some confusion stems from
>> that).  Sad thing about rumors is that they aren't always true.  
>
>
>Well, I'm gona cry foul over that one. The "rumor" has been released by
>Commodore, GoldDisk _and_ Agfa. The press releases were along the lines
>that Agfa Compufont technology has been licensed to C= through GoldDisk
>but will not appear in time for the OS2.0 release, but will appear in
>hopefully the next interim release after that. Someone mentioned a delay
>of about 5 months. This is a highly significant claim, and if it is not
>true, we had better get a C= debriefing. I feel it will affect a lot of
>sales.

No foul here.  Read my fingers:  NO OUTLINE FONTS IN 2.0!  This is
highly specific and not equivalent to "no outline fonts ever".  It
also doesn't contradict anything you claim you heard.

If and when Commodore is ready to announce a product, an announcement
will be made.  Until that time, I hardly think Commodore "had better give"
anybody a debriefing.

People should relax, and stop equating the fact that we may have
ongoing development projects not yet released with the opinion that
the walls around us are tumbling down.

>Regards Alan

     Peter
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