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I've just placed Mesa 1.1 on the archives (sonata.cc.purdue.edu,  
128.210.15.30; nova.cc.purdue.edu, 128.210.7.22; cs.orst.edu,  
128.193.32.1).

We're very proud of Mesa 1.1. Version AR-1 had lots of nice features, but  
it was just a start. Version 1.1 makes special use of the NeXT and shows  
off some very special, Mesa-only features.

Version 1.1 supports cell shading. While this is not new, Mesa makes it  
very easy to shade cells. We have kept to the drag and drop paradigm. To  
change a cell's shading, just Alt-Drag color onto the cell.

A spreadsheet first - the ability to change the color or background color  
of a cell from within the cell's formula. This allows you to make a cell  
red if a condition takes place in order to draw attention to the cell.  
This works especially well in conjunction with a real-time data feed.

Speaking of real-time data feeds, the object library is really starting to  
take shape. Mesa is the first spreadsheet to allow live editing of  
spreadsheet data from within another application. You can build a custom  
application and include a live spreadsheet view. The MOLIDemo.app  
application demonstrates a live spreadsheet view.

Being able to do great modeling is important, but so is the ability to  
access data. Mesa allows an unlimited number of SQL queries to be  
associated with each worksheet. The queries can be static or based on cell  
contents. If you have data in a Sybase database, you can use Mesa to  
access that data and then build models based on the data. If the data in  
the database changes, you can quickly load the new set of data in and your  
model will reflect the new data.

We've done all of this in the month since Release AR-1. All the people who  
bought AR-1 get the upgrade to Release 1.1 for free.

Mesa 1.1 is available in a student version for under a hundred bucks (to  
find out how much under, call NeXTConnection).

There has been lots of feedback regarding Mesa.  I hope that we could  
positively answer your questions.  Things are going very well here at  
Athena Design.  Our only problem is that we're growing faster than I  
expected.  We're looking for customer service people.  If you know of  
people who are good with spreadsheets, live in the Boston area, and would  
like to join a startup, please have them e-mail their resume to  
dpp@athena.com or fax it to 617.734.1130.

Thanks to all the people that made Mesa possible and I hope you enjoy the  
program.  Keep the feedback coming so we can make 1.2 even cooler.

David
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David Pollak - dpp@athena.com - NeXTMail Compliant
Attorney at Law,
Feeder of the Bears, Athena Design, Inc.