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Article #43202Re: Searching for company/software
From: John A. Weeks III
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 04:34
Date: Sat, 24 Feb 1990 04:34
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In article <24889@ut-emx.UUCP> boerner@ut-emx.UUCP (Brendan B. Boerner) writes: > A user is doing some research involving advertising and requires > information regarding the company "Thorn EMI" as well as any > references to "Metaphor" or "Access". > She is not sure if "Metaphor" and "Access" are companies or packages > but thinks that they are somehow involved with IBM PCs. I have done contract work for Metaphor, the company that invented DIS (data intrepretation systems). DIS uses a high-performance network to connect graphical workstations to database machines. The idea is to have a large database easily accessible to non-programmers. The founders and key developers of Metaphor are mostly former Xerox PARC people and were part of the Xerox Star project. When Xerox did not try to make the Star a commercial success, many of the team members left Xerox to form Metaphor. Metaphor has been in the news recently becuase of a joint-marketing agreement with IBM. Metaphor is located in Mt View California...right next to NASA and Sun. -john- -- =============================================================================== John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications ...uunet!rosevax!bungia!wd0gol!newave!john ===============================================================================
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!umn-d-ub!cs.umn.edu!nis!wd0gol!newave!john From: john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.wanted Subject: Re: Searching for company/software Summary: Info On Metaphor Computer Systems Message-ID: <51@newave.UUCP> Date: 24 Feb 90 04:34:26 GMT References: <24889@ut-emx.UUCP> Reply-To: john@newave.mn.org (John A. Weeks III) Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: NeWave Communications Ltd, Eden Prairie, MN Lines: 29