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From: mikeb@madnix.UUCP (Michael Bloxham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Is CXL package available?  Is Mike Smedley alive???
Keywords: CXL windows toolkit ibm
Message-ID: <1551@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 16 Sep 90 15:40:32 GMT
References: <1402@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl> <1651@ole.UUCP>
Reply-To: mikeb@madnix.UUCP (Michael Bloxham)
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In article <1651@ole.UUCP> ray@ole.UUCP (Ray Berry) writes:
>In article <1402@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl> koomen@dnlunx.pttrnl.nl (Koomen J.) writes:
>>
>>
>>A few months ago, my company ordered the CXL package by
>>Mike Smedley. We didn't get anything back. After a few
>...
>    There was an announcement somewhere on Compuserve that Smedley had sold
>CXL to another company.  That company is planning a new release momentarily.
>Sorry I can't be more specific- I don't use it.  Snoop around Borland or MS
>c language forums and you'll probably find the specifics.
>-- 
>Ray Berry  kb7ht  uucp: ...ole!ray CIS: 73407,3152 /* "inquire within" */
>Seattle Silicon Corp. 3075 112th Ave NE. Bellevue WA 98004 (206) 828-4422

This is an article posted to Compuserv by Mike Smedley:

Borland RoundTable
Category 2, Topic 150
Message 1        Fri Aug 17, 1990
M. SMEDKEY [Mike]           at 12:15 CDT

                       A N N O U N C E M E N T 

    The CXL C function library, and all rights to market and support it, have
been sold.  CXL has been a pleasure to produce and support in the past, but
many things have come up, resulting in substandard service to CXL users.  The sale was needed to ensure CXL's growth and dominance in the shareware C
library market.

    The new owner of CXL is Chip Rabinowitz and his company Innovative Data
Concepts.  Chip is well-known in the programming community for his work on the 
TesSeRact TSR libraries and the Swap Utilities.  He is also very active on
CompuServe, providing invaluable advice to both novice and expert programmers.
Chip is an active member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).

    All future CXL orders, inquires, and support will be handled by
Innovative Data Concepts.  Their address is 1657 The Fairways, Suite 101,
Jenkintown, PA 19046.  They can be contacted via electronic mail on CompuServe
(70731,20) or MCI mail (315-5415). For tech support call: 215-884-3373; FAX:
215-886-4226; orders: 1-800-926-4551.

    A new version of CXL is due out around September 1st, 1990, and will
contain all enhancements to CXL since version 5.2.  CXL will be renamed to the
"TesSeRact CXL Windowing Library" and will initially appear as version 5.5.

mike

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