The Original Press Release
GO Corp. Announces 40 Third-Party Developers and Technology Providers
January 22, 1991 — GO Corp. announced Tuesday an expanded roster of 35 new companies that have publicly committed to develop for or provide technology for its new PenPoint operating system announced Tuesday.
The new roster includes 21 software developers, six connectivity hardware and software companies, and 13 systems integrators and vertical application developers. The 35 new companies bring to a total of 40 the number of companies that have announced their support for the new PenPoint operating system.
In July 1990, GO announced that Borland International, Lotus Development Corp., WordPerfect Corp., Slate Corp., and PenSoft Corp. were doing development for PenPoint.
”The overwhelming support for PenPoint is a clear mandate from computing professionals for pen-based applications,” stated S. Jerrold, Kaplan, GO chairman and co-founder. ”The PenPoint operating system addresses the market’s need for a platform on which to build applications for a truly mobile computing environment.”
The list of companies who have publicly issued statements in support of the PenPoint operating system include:
andersen Consulting David Moon 312/507-2375 Apple Computer Inc. Brooke Cohan 408/974-2042 ARDIS Barb Wagner 708/913-4229 Bell Atlantic Corp. Patti Reilly 703/974-5455 Borland International Cindy McDowell 408/439-1621 Inc.
Bowers Development Tonya Price 508/369-8175 Corp. Byers Engineering Co. Cathie Calhoun 404/843-1003 Claris Corp. John Zeisler 408/987-7000 Distributed Micro Gene Townsend 415/347-4731 Systems EDS Corp. Pete McLaughlin 214/661-6188 Ellipse Inc. F. Lynn Mathenia 415/955-0766 Envoy Systems Corp. Jacki Katzman 617/890-1444 Epsilon Data Jon Macomber 617/273-0250 Management Inc. Fastech Rick Hirsh 215/565-3405 Hansen Software Inc. Charles Hansen 916/921-0883 Information Retrieval Methods Inc. Tom Williams 214/242-2312 Lante Corp. Carol Kaindl 312/236-5100 Lotus Development Corp. Brian Simmons 617/693-1697 Marathon Development Mitch Forcier 415/943-1232 Corp. Mastersoft Inc. Lise M. Lambert 203/264-9490 Modatech Systems Inc. Phil Dubois 604/736-9666 Nantucket Corp. Joanne Sager, 213/822-4669 Miller Communications Nestor Inc. Dave Wright 401/331-9640 Novell Inc. Susan Lider 408/473-8669 Objective Systems Arne Haugland 415/929-0964 PenMagic Software Norm Francis 604/649-8123 PenSoft Corp. Diana Bury 415/358/1575 Peripheral Vision Ltd. Pete Randall 01144-373-52755 Photonics Corp. Mark Evans, 408/970-0362 Bricker-Evans Pixus Software Joe Buczek 408/267/6627 Development Rosetta Inc. Dr. Scott K. Warren 713/528/8350 Sales Technologies Inc. Robert Rushmore 404/841-4000 Simple Software Kim Tarter, 415/592-7600 Wilson McKenry Co. Sitka Rebecca Fuller 415/769-2580 Slate Corp. Dottie Hall 602/443-7322 Softview Inc. Margaret Burger, 213/822-4669 Miller Communications Symmetry Kitty Schrow 602/998-9106 TechGnosis Inc. Keith Toleman 407/997-6687 WordPerfect Corp. Kathryn Pond-Sargent 801/222-5004 Xactimate Inc. R. Kirby Glad 801/226-2251
GO Corp., a privately held company with headquarters in Foster City, was founded in 1987 to develop pen-based computing technology.
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