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- From: Asha.Develder@209-245-5.genesplicer.org (Asha Develder)
- Date: 09 Jan 96 00:03:29
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Blue Ribbon Stuff on Compuserve
- Message-ID: <455_9601090339@genesplicer.org>
- X-FTN-To: David P Lehman
- Organization: The GeneSplicer
-
- David,
-
- DPL> It's my understanding that the blue ribbon software is now public
- DPL> domain... maybe someone could get it from Compuserve and post it to
- DPL> Aminet?
-
- Your understanding is completely false. Here is the official
- announcement:
-
- Following is a message directly from Brian Thomas, which he asked me to post
- for him. Brian was the online tech support representative in MIDI C VENDOR
- Forum for Blue Ribbon for the last year and a half.
-
- =====================
-
- Dear Amigans,
-
- Hi. My name is Brian Thomas, the person that has answered many of your
- technical and product questions over the last year. It has been fun working
- with all of you.
-
- As many of you may know, Microsoft has purchased Blue Ribbon in hopes of
- letting us bring interactive music to the masses of the world. All of the Blue
- Ribbonites are very excited about being given this opportunity.
-
- As a result of the change, I am not able to monitor this CompuServe forum, and
- that is one of the reasons recent questions to me have not been answered. It is
- my fault that I did not find a way to check on this, or at least find someone
- else to answer the questions in my absence.
-
- The current plans do not include producing any new products for the Amiga, but
- something unexpected (and good) happened. Microsoft decided to allow us to
- upload most of the Blue Ribbon Amiga products to be available for free to
- CompuServe members.
-
- This will occur soon: Early 1996 (by mid-January, most likely), these products
- will be uploaded to CompuServe in the Microsoft forum. There will be a message
- [in MIDI C VENDOR] that lets you know exactly where to go to get the products.
-
- However, there are some important things to keep in mind. Not all our Amiga
- products are going to be uploaded, and none of the Windows, OS/2, or Indigo
- products will be uploaded. This is not a mistake, and you are not allowed to
- upload these products.
-
- Also, you will not be allowed to repost the products to other on-line services,
- or Internet sites. This benefit of free products is initially going to be
- allowed only to CompuServe customers.
-
- Finally, none of the programs are shareware or public domain. You will have to
- agree to an end user license agreement to be allowed to download the products
- from CompuServe.
-
- The products that will initially be uploaded will be Bars&Pipes Professional
- v2.5, SuperJAM! Amiga v1.1, Pro Studio Tools Kit, Creativity Tools Kit,
- Internal Sounds Kit, and Rules for Tools. These products are not crippled in
- any way! They are FULL products. Soon to follow will be PatchMeister.
-
- Accompanying these programs will be an official statement from Melissa Jordan
- Grey.
-
- In addition, you'll be given the opportunity to purchase a manual for SuperJAM!
- or Bars&Pipes, and details on how to do that will be posted at the same time
- the products are uploaded.
-
- It is highly encouraged that you provide support for each other either on
- CompuServe, or other on-line services. Since the products are going to be
- available free, Microsoft won't be able to provide any tech support for the
- Amiga products.
-
- That's the best update I can give right now. If more news arrives, I will
- provide it for you.
-
- Feel free to repost this message to other online forums, whether they be
- CompuServe or otherwise, as long as you keep the body of this message intact.
-
- Again, thank you for your support, and enjoy the products!
-
- Brian Thomas The Blue Ribbon SoundWorks
-
- ====================
-
-
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