Re: Curious about "Rainbow" TOS

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From: David Beckemeyer
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1989 16:30

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In article <8909081454.AA05183@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> (Marcelino Bernardo) writes:
>Recently I have read Ken Badertscher of Atari refer to TOS 1.4 as the
>"Rainbow" TOS.  I was just curious.  Why was the this name chosen?

In the front page article of the November 1988 ST Informer ("Sig Hartmann
apologizes, promises better Atari support in the future" by Rod McDonald),
Atari VP, Sig Hartmann is quoted as saying "Developers should write more
software, they'll make jillions."

Rainbow TOS must have something to do with this mythical pot-of-gold at
the end of the rainbow that Atari is always talking about.
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From: david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer)
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Subject: Re: Curious about "Rainbow" TOS
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Date: 14 Sep 89 16:30:37 GMT
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