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- ON Technology, Inc. Announces On Location™ 2.0
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- Contact:
- Marianne Rigo
- ON Technology, Inc.
- 155 Second Street
- Cambridge, MA 02141
- (617) 876-0900
- AppleLink: ON.TECH
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- CAMBRIDGE, Mass., July 29, 1991—ON Technology, Inc. today announced version 2.0
- of its award-winning On Location software, a Macintosh desk accessory that
- dramatically reduces the time it takes to find and view files. On Location
- 2.0, which is scheduled to ship in the third quarter of 1991, offers
- significant enhancements and new features, including System 7.0 compatibility.
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- On Location indexes the name and text of files on any volume, including hard
- disks, network servers, diskettes and CD-ROMs. Feedback from hundreds of
- existing users was incorporated into version 2.0. The new features include
- searching for numbers in files, searching with AND or OR, printing and copying
- the file list, significant interface refinements, System 7.0 compatibility and
- user-defined timing for background indexing. On Location 2.0 is even faster
- than the original version.
-
- “The key benefit of On Location is the speed and ease with which you can find
- words and numbers within files in addition to finding by file name,” said Kim
- Agricola, product manager for On Location. “As you type a few words or a
- phrase in its search window, On Location immediately begins looking for your
- file.”
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- On Location has a large and loyal customer base. A partial list of companies
- who have purchased On Location includes BP International, Exxon, Monsanto,
- Eastman Kodak, Mitre, The New York Times, Lockheed, and NASA.
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- “My associates here at the office didn't see anyway that you could have made On
- Location any faster than the version that they are using, but when they got a
- glance at the search speed of the alpha version their knees buckled,” said Greg
- Phillips, president of The Professional Support Network, Inc., a company that
- provides Macintosh software and hardware support in the San Francisco area.
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- On Location 2.0 will include an XTND file translator to view files created by
- Instant Update™, ON's new collaborative application for Macintosh networks that
- helps groups of people communicate with unprecedented ease and effectiveness
- through live documents.
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- ON Technology is also offering an On Location developer's kit. The kit allows
- developers to incorporate the power of On Location's search capabilities into
- their own applications. Apple Computer's Apple Integrated Systems group is
- using the developer's kit in their Customer Support Network, a distributed file
- and text search application.
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- “We believe On Location delivers more value than any other utility, because
- you'll use it more than all the rest of your utilities put together,” said
- Agricola. “Anyone with a hard disk, network server or CD-ROM drive should own a
- copy.”
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- “With the speed improvements and the new text searching features, On Location
- 2.0 is as indispensable as ever,” said Larry Anderson, president of Macintosh
- Help, a Macintosh consulting firm in Boston.
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- Customers purchasing On Location on or after July 29, 1991 will be eligible for
- a free upgrade to version 2.0 with proof of purchase. On Location’s suggested
- retail price is $129.95. Registered 1.0 users can upgrade for $20.00, plus
- $5.00 for shipping and handling. As with all of ON's products, On Location
- comes with a one-year money-back guarantee.
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- This information is provided by the product's developer or distributor and
- constitutes neither an endorsement nor a recommendation by Apple Computer,
- Inc.. Apple assumes no responsibility with regard to selection, performance or
- use of this product. All understandings, agreements and warranties, if any,
- take place directly between the developer and the prospective user.
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