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- Path: news.uni-c.dk!inet!perjac
- From: perjac@inet.uni-c.dk (Per Jacobsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: Voyager?
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 10:10:01 GMT
- Organization: The Shadows' Parking lot
- Message-ID: <4enf5p$753@news.uni-c.dk>
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- Harv R Laser (Harv@cup.portal.com) wrote:
- > >>I just saw an advertisement on the Amiga Web Directory about Voyager, which
- > >>Escom is including in its 'Surfer Pack'. Does anyone know if it will be
- > >>released elsewhere? (i.e. Shareware, Commercial, Freeware)
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- > There's also a currently-sold Astronomy package from Carina
- > Software called Voyager. I sent this info to Amiga Tech a few
- > weeks ago and they seemed rather concerned. Yesterday I saw
- > a press release issued by Gilles Bourdin of AT and it listed
- > the browser as being named "Mindwalker."
-
- Ah, so it's your fault! Pity i liked the V logo, but "Mindwalker"! Wasn't
- that a ....
-
- > Now.. how many in the audience know another program for the
- > Amiga, circa 1985, which was named Mindwalker? Raise your hands.
- > [looking around the audience.]
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- Very peculiar music. I still have it actually, on the original disk. In
- fact i think i have box somewhere. Is in my collection of prize antiques
- along with "The Halley project" :-)
-
- > Very good. It was one of the earliest Amiga games, published
- > by C= themselves.
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- Come to think of it i have Graficraft as well :) Erm..sorry nostalgiz
- overload.
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- > Thus, since Escom/AT owns all the intellectual
- > property, trademarks, etc. of the former C=, the name
- > Mindwalker belongs to them too, so they can use it on their
- > browser without fear of trademark lawyers pistol-whipping them.
-
- > Well I suppose Mindwalker is a better name for the browser than
- > uh... "Sidecar" would be :))))
-
- But it's still a terrible name. What about "WebBench" ? ;-)
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