Charles Finley wrote:
> On Apr 30,  8:34pm, Gill Currie wrote:
> > Back in the distant past, I recall a product which created executable
> > program files from Powerhouse source code...
> >
> > Does anyone out there know more?
>
> It was developed by Bruce Toback at OPT, sold to Tymlabs, and Tymlabs was
> acquired by Unison Software.
 
    Bigger fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em
    And little fleas have lesser fleas, and so ad infinitum.
 
                        -- Johnathon Swift
 
:-)
 
After having helped me to develop the product, Cognos sued Tymlabs for
marketing it. It seems they objected to the fact that Tymlabs told people they
could run programs written in Quiz without paying Cognos's exhorbitant fees
(which was true, of course). I'm not sure what happened to the product after
the eventual settlement.
 
However, now that the Lotus-Borland suit has been settled in favor of Borland,
I'd be willing to develop a native-mode version for the right price.
 
-- Bruce
 
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