Broader use of Macintosh software set; Quorum has program for fast work stations

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Quorum Software Systems announces Quorum Latitude, a program that will allow developers to convert existing Apple Macintosh applications to run on workstations from Sun Microsystems Inc, IBM and Silicon Graphics with minimal work. The product will be available in the 1st qtr 1992; it has been licensed by Silicon Graphics, Sun Microsystems, Quark Inc and Cambridge Scientific. Quorum will also introduce Quorum Equal before the end of 1992. Quorum Equal will allow workstation users to run any commercial Macintosh application without the need for conversion by simply inserting a Macintosh disk into the machine. Quorum is discussing with Apple Computer Inc officials the possibility of licensing the program. The Quorum software recreates the Macintosh 'toolbox', or low-level software instructions, on the workstations. Company executives stress, however, that they have not copied the Mac's look and feel or Apple's software. Rather, when the Mac program runs on the workstations, it will use the new computer's native interface.

Computer software industry, Software industry, Product development, Product Announcement, Workstations (Computers), Data conversion, File format conversion software, Workstations, Product Introduction, Software Packages, Emulators, Emulation (Computing), Apple Macintosh (680X0-based system), Quorum Software Systems Inc., Quorum Equal (Terminal emulation software), Quorum Latitude (Program development software)

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New retrieval software by On Technology Inc

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Mitchell D. Kapor introduces On Location, a search software package from his new company, On Technology Inc. Kapor, who developed the revolutionary spreadsheet program Lotus 1-2-3, says his program will easily find and display information stored on computer disks. On Location contains a sophisticated indexing system that allows users to search large amounts of text for individual words and then display the words in context. The program will also be able to constantly update the index, even while other programs are running. On Location costs $130 and only runs on Apple Macintosh computers. Kapor says the Macintosh is a richer medium than MS-DOS and it is easier to penetrate the Macintosh market than the PC market.

Marketing, Information storage and retrieval, Kapor, Mitchell, product announcement, Searching, Software packages, Information retrieval, ON Technology Corp., On Location (Search software)

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A Darwinian creation of software: programs evolve into better programs

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The science of 'artificial life' promises a new class of software tools. Scientists have written programs that can evolve into more powerful programs through their own interactions and mergings. These programs evolve in a way that is compared to Darwinian processes; that is, the programs behave like biological organisms. A computer runs thousands of programs, selecting out those that most efficiently accomplish a given task. What occurs is 'the computerized equivalent of the survival of the fittest.' According to Danny Hillis, co-founder of Thinking Machines Inc, it will be possible to create a 'computerized universe for software evolution in order to breed useful programs.'

Innovations, Officials and employees, Software engineering, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Self-organizing systems, Hillis, Danny, Scientific Research, Computer Learning, Thinking Machines Corp., Deterministic Automaton

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