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Article #25617Re: Batteries Included bought out.
From: lbl
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1987 17:18
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1987 17:18
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In article <2424@dalcs.UUCP>, silvert@dalcs.UUCP writes:
> I've just heard from a reliable source (my dealer) that on Friday
> Batteries Included was bought out by Electronic Arts. The staff is
> uncertain what this means. I don't know what it means. What happens to
> Tom Hudson? No more programs like Degas (maybe no more programs like
> I*S Talk on the other hand)? Copy protection? Another Canadian firm
> sold out south of the border? Will PaperClip Elite ever arrive? What
> will Simon Poole say?
> --
> Bill Silvert
> Marine Ecology Laboratory, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
> CDN or BITNET: silvert@cs.dal.cdn -- UUCP: ..!{seismo|utai}!dalcs!silvert
> ARPA: silvert%dalcs.uucp@seismo.CSS.GOV -- CSNET: silvert%cs.dal.cdn@ubc.csnet
Somehow, I wouldn't put too much faith in this rumor. Batteries just
merged with Integral Solutions a few months ago... Maybe this is what
your dealer was talking about? Hopefully he was just confused.
In any case, if I am wrong and EA did buy BI, then EA would be pretty
dumb if they didn't keep distributing Tom's programs -- they certainly
made quite a bit of money for BI!
Anyway, Dan Moore assures me that as soon as he can find a way to get
around a couple of minor bugs that he found in GDOS, that PaperClip Elite
will be here. I'm sure that if EA bought BI and for some reason they
don't want to distribute PaperClip Elite, then Dan could find someone
who would do it. After all, that program is almost certain to be a
commercial success!
Barry Locklear
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!drutx!druhi!lbl From: lbl@druhi.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Batteries Included bought out. Message-ID: <1753@druhi.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12-Mar-87 12:18:29 EST Article-I.D.: druhi.1753 Posted: Thu Mar 12 12:18:29 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 13-Mar-87 23:19:03 EST References: <2424@dalcs.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information System Labs, Denver, Co Lines: 30 Keywords: AAArgh Summary: somehow I find this fishy.....