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^Cby
^CJay Wilbur
You may have noticed a slight difference in our disk this month. No
longer do the words "Big Blue Disk" reign supreme on our banner. We've
become "Softdisk's On Disk Monthly". I know what you are saying: "But
we liked Big Blue Disk." Read on, there is a method to our madness.
The main purpose of the name change is to focus more on what we are.
Softdisk's On Disk Monthly seems to wrap everything up into a tidy
little package. It delivers the image of what we are in two words:
"on disk". As cool as Big Blue Disk was, it only confused people.
We used to spend thousands of advertising dollars trying to
explain to people just who we are and what BBD is. When it comes down
to the bottom line (the device that bean counters gauge each others
performance with), BBD was not a good name.
A more symbolic reason for the name change is to commemorate the first
of many changes yet to come. As I type, our developers toil away at
On Disk's new presenter system. This new presentation system will
support mono, CGA, EGA and VGA systems. It will be our long awaited
step into current technology. I am very excited about the scheduled
changes. So excited that I break out in a cold sweat just thinking
about it.
As time passes you'll see significant changes in the way our programs
look and run. Our stated goal is to provide a variety of quality
software at a price so low you have to stoop down to see it. My
predecessors implemented this philosophy by developing some loose
standards and letting them stagnate over the years. I interpret them
differently.
I see software standards as an evolutionary thing. Let's face it--with
time comes change. The cars of today are far more sophisticated than
those of a decade ago. The musical recording technology of 15 years
ago pales in the face of today's musical reproductions. If you
told someone in 1970 that someday they would be able to rent newly
released movies and play them at home on their own video
recorder/player for about two bucks, they would look at you funny and
ask you if you had taken your medicine. Software is no different and
On Disk is going to push the envelope of both new and old hardware
configurations.
The preliminary image changes have begun, and we don't plan on stopping
soon. The plan is to release the new, improved (softer than ever)
presentation system on our October disk (On Disk #61). The monthly
software changes will begin soon after. This is the beginning of
something really big, and I'm glad you'll be there to see it as it
happens.
Hang on kids, this ride is about to pick up some speed!
See you in 30,
J