Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry From: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: ASDG/Perry Kivolowitz (sp?) Message-ID: <1588@madnix.UUCP> Date: 13 Oct 90 15:38:31 GMT References: <1990Oct5.010818.25513@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Reply-To: perry@madnix.UUCP (Perry Kivolowitz) Organization: ASDG Incorporated Lines: 32 In article <1990Oct5.010818.25513@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >joseph@valnet.UUCP (Joseph P. Hillenburg) writes: >>Ok. >> >>1) What does ASDG stand for? > >Well, guessing is fun; I look at that and "Amiga Software Development Group" >seems to spring off the screen at me. The founding partners of ASDG all came from the high end Unix workstation environment. Our intent was to form a company that only and exclusively did OEM oriented designs. We never intended to build or sell anything ourselves or directly to the public. It was with this mission in mind we decided upon the name of Advanced Systems Design Group. This name suggested that all we did was design stuff for other people. Well, I don't know if you can recall...but in 1985 there didn't turn out to be a whole lot of demand for industrial or commercial OEM products design based around the Amiga. But that's another story. When we incorporated, we discovered that a landscaping company already held the name Advanced Scenic Design Group. So, rather than risk a naming conflict we simply chose the initials as our formal name. And that's the tale behind the name....ASDG. -- Perry Kivolowitz, ASDG Inc. ``We look for things. Things that make us go.'' UUCP: {harvard|rutgers|ucbvax}!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!madnix!perry CIS: 76004,1765 PLINK: pk-asdg