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- Date: Fri, 11 Nov 1994 12:10:39 -0500
- To: announce-mcl@cambridge.apple.com
- From: hsayed@digitool.com (Hazem Sayed)
- Subject: MCL now under Digitool
-
- Dear MCL users
-
- It brings me great pleasure to announce, on the behalf of Digitool Inc.,
- plans for the continued development and support of Macintosh Common Lisp
- including its porting to the Power Macintosh. Digitool has taken over MCL
- from Apple Computer and we are committed to the long term success of Lisp
- in general and Lisp on the Macintosh in particular. Our plans and ongoing
- cooperation with Apple will assure not only the same level of product
- quality, but also a greater market presence for MCL.
-
- Digitool would like to take this opportunity to thank the eleven corporate
- sponsors, whose financial backing secured this agreement and assures the
- completion of the port, and of whom we are able to mention Apple Computer,
- Inc., Flavors Technology, Inc., KyTek, Inc., Lissys Ltd., and the
- University of Basel. We would also like to thank the community of MCL users
- whose belief in MCL played no small part in realizing this agreement.
-
- As Lisp devotees you are well aware of how under-appreciated Lisp is in
- certain circles. Well, we are dead set on changing that, and with your help
- we will prove that the GOOD GUYS CAN WIN.
-
- Digitool is a new startup formed by principals of Paradigm Software
- Incorporated and former employees of Apple's MCL development team,
- including and most notably, Gary Byers, the main author of MCL's kernel and
- compiler.
-
- Our goals are:
-
- 1) to port MCL to the Power PC platform.
-
- 2) to assure the long term viability and success of MCL as both a
- prototyping and delivery platform.
-
- 3) to keep MCL current with both developments in the Macintosh platform and
- the Lisp world, while maintaining the same level of product quality.
-
- 4) to provide the high quality of technical support MCL has been known for.
-
- 5) to pursue opportunities for MCL on new platforms and with new VARs and
- development partners.
-
- 6) to aggressively market MCL to the developer and academic communities. In
- the same spirit that developed the Common Lisp standard, we will be very
- open with our plans for MCL. In the days and weeks to come we will outline
- our development, marketing and selling plans. We will set public goals for
- MCL and will actively encourage the MCL community in helping us achieve
- them.
-
- We invite you to be equally open with your thoughts, suggestions and
- participation in MCL's future. Together, MCL can be a big win for everyone.
-
- Again, thank you for your tenacious support of MCL and stay tuned for more
- news from Digitool.
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Hazem Sayed
- President
-
- Digitool, Inc.
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