#: 19629 S1/General Interest
    20-Jan-94  18:31:15
Sb: Microware makes it big!
Fm: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317
To: all

The following are some excerpts from the 1/18/94 article in The
Wall Street Journal by Staff Reporter John J. Keller. Page B1.

"Little Microware Aims to Be a Multimedia Giant"

First it gives some background and then...

"Little-known Microware has just landed a coveted piece of
business. BELL ATLANTIC Corp., the regional Bell company, expects
to distribute an interactive service to 10 million households by
the turn of the century. It has placed orders for set-top boxes
from three suppliers. All the boxes, in turn, rely on Microwares
OS/9 software."

More background about what and who Microware is and then later in
the article...

"Microware's OS/9 went head-to-head with a prototype from
Microsoft called Modular Windows in a test by Bell Atlantic, says
Arthur Orduna, a Microware marketing manager. he brags that OS/9
beat its rival. A Microsoft spokeswoman doesn't dispute this
account."

There is more to the article that I quoted here but it is
important that Microware landed this contract for many reasons.
It assures Microwares place in the future and thru them ours. By
making OS/9 so visible it will make it easier for all of us to
justify OS/9 to new users. The influx of money into Microware
from this deal will likely help Microware provide new and
important software in the future for all of us. It will also
quiet those nay sayers who proclaim the demise of OS/9.

Whether it will directly help those of us in the market now is yet
to be seen. However in my mind this deal can only help to expand
the market for OS/9 and therefore the slice of the pie that each
vendor has can only increase.

All in all this is a milestone for Microware and I congratulate
all of those who worked long and hard to put this deal together.

A hearty WELL DONE!

Frank Hogg
Frank Hogg Laboratory, Inc.
1/20/94