On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 23:16:07 -0500 (EST), Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> GEOS was the Graphical Environment Operating System used on
> the Commodore 64 (it was on something before that, but I forget
> what) developed at Berkeley. Then it was ported to x86 and
> became PC/GEOS, and somewhere in there, the name was changed
> to GeoWorks. When it was clear that Micro$oft's monopolistic
> practices left them without a market, they abandoned the desktop
> to concentrate on embedded devices, and sold their desktop software
> to New Deal. I assume they're still using Motif for their desktop
> as well.
Most of the people involved in New Deal came from Geoworks. New Deal
was created because some of the people from Geoworks thought there
was still a market for the product. They seem to be doing okay selling
New Deal Office and New Deal School Suite, especially to school systems
that can't afford enough new hardware to run the alternative to begin
with and certainly can't afford the endless updates required with
Windows.
New Deal appears to be well financed and stable as a company with
an effective little niche in the big world of software. Development
continues.
New Deal may have Javascript support for it's browser soon.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan
USA
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