Apple-I.B.M. venture, with new leaders, searches for a soul

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Apple and IBM's joint venture company, known as Taligent, is attempting to develop an operating system that will become an industry standard in the 1990s and into twenty-first century. The operating system is called Pink and is based on object-oriented programming. It is designed to compete with Microsoft's Windows and MS-DOS operating systems. Taligent officials hope that both Macintosh and IBM-PC users will adopt the new system, which will incorporate an open architecture. Pink will also include enablers that allow users to move to the new system. Microsoft currently controls the computer industry to some degree and is planning to introduce a new operating system, Windows New Technology (NT) in the future. IBM still plans to introduce OS/2 2.0 by March 31, 1992, which is one week before Microsoft's introduction of Windows 3.1.

Electronic computers, Office machines, not elsewhere classified, Commercial physical research, Computers, peripherals & software, Management, Computer software industry, Software industry, Product development, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Operating systems (Software), Operating systems, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, AAPL, Object oriented programming, Apple Inc., Operating System, Strategic Planning, Competition, Merger, Object-Oriented Programming, Taligent Inc., Guglielmi, Joseph M.

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From Microsoft, a mouse that does more tricks

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Microsoft's new version of its Mouse is longer and bulkier than its predecessor but is ergonomically designed to reduce stress on the wrist, hand, fingers and arm. It comes with version 9.0 of the Mouse Driver and Software Utility, which includes a control panel that allows the user to adjust the pointer's size and appearance, and enable or disable mouse trails. Among the mouse's notable new features are Snap To, which automatically puts the cursor to the Windows dialogue box default button; Screen Wrap, which moves the mouse off the edge of the screen to the opposite edge; Locate, a hot-key utility that finds the hidden cursor; and Magnify, which lets a magnifying glass appear around the cursor. The suggested retail price of Microsoft Mouse is from $109 to $125.

Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Mouse devices (Computers), Mice (Computer peripherals), Mouse, Cursor Control Devices, Microsoft Mouse 2.0 (Mouse)

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In search of a meaningful relationship with computers; in talking to a PC, sign language helps

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Microsoft Corp's latest addition to the world of IBM compatible microcomputers is the graphical user interface known as Windows 3.0. Windows 3.0 is a shell program that makes the microcomputer more user-friendly by replacing the awkward character based command system with a graphical system that uses icons to control the computer. Windows closely mimics the graphical interface pioneered by Apple for use on its Macintosh microcomputers. The importance of Windows is that it brings the graphical abilities to the large installed base of IBM and compatible microcomputers. Studies have shown that computers using such an interface are easier to learn, easier to operate and more productive than their command-driven counterparts.

Usage, Computer industry, Software, Microcomputers, Design and construction, GUI, Graphical user interfaces, Microcomputer, User-Friendliness, User interfaces (Computers), User interface, User interfaces (Computer systems), Microsoft Windows 3.0 (GUI)

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