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From: drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Ashton-Tate
Summary: Glass == FullImpact (by Encore)
Message-ID: <301@dbase.UUCP>
Date: 12 Feb 88 14:52:58 GMT
References: <8802110454.AA13866@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <1926@saturn.ucsc.edu>
Organization: Ashton Tate Development Center Glendale Cal.
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In article <1926@saturn.ucsc.edu>, alibaba@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (73539000) writes:
> Should we assume that Ann Arbor was developing FullCalc to be
> an Ashton-Tate product in the first place? (FullCalc was supposed
> to be shown by Ann Arbor at their booth at MacWorld, so sayeth the
> show guide. An Ann Arbor employee, when asked about it said, 
> "FullWhat??? I never heard of such a thing.")
> 
> Anyway, FullCalc = Glass is a correct equation, then, right???
> 
> 

No, sorry.  Glass was an early code name for the product which will be released
as FullImpact.  It is being developed by Encore Systems (the same folks who did
the original MacWrite for Apple) and has been in development by Encore for A-T
for quite a while.  FullCalc was something that was being developed for AAS
that was not acquired because A-T already had Full Impact, which is nearly
ready.  I don't know the status of FullCalc, but rumors have it that it was
not very far along, with most of the AAS development effort being poured into
FWP.

Dennis Cohen
Ashton-Tate Glendale Development Center
dBASE Mac Development Team
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