Are you, or is anybody on the thread
aware of the status of the relationship
between Starfish and General Magic.
Does it still exist, does Serengeti
still use Starfish technology?
I have also spliced in a paragraph
from a more recent press release
from Starfish regarding an alliance
with HP.
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. -- April 28, 1997 --
Subsequent to its alliance with Motorola
(NYSE:MOT), Starfish Software today announced
a technology agreement with General Magic, Inc.
(NASDAQ:GMGC) whereby, Starfish fully scaleable,
Java-based, client/server technology components
will be integrated with General Magic's upcoming
network-based communications service, code-named
Serengeti. With this technology agreement, Starfish
furthers its commitment as a technology provider
to the Connected Information Appliance industry.
(snip)
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 18, 1998 -- Hewlett-Packard
Company, the leading provider of Microsoftr Windowsr
CE-based palmtop PCs, and Starfish, a leading supplier
of technology for Connected Information Devices (CIDs)(1),
today announced that Starfish, which developed the TrueSync
Technology Platform for mobile devices, including REX, and
HP intend to work together to build cutting-edge accessories
to provide unconscious portability for mobile-computing
customers. Starfish developed the TrueSync technology in the revolutionary REX card, the first wearable Connected Information Device. REX holds up to 3,000 contacts, schedules and notes
in a credit-card-sized unit. The combination of the TrueSync technology from Starfish and HP's expertise in handheld computing
can offer significant enhancements to mobile-computing customers.
I realize at first glance these are
probably totally unrelated areas, they
are different products alltogether. But
I hate to see Starfish's latest press
release tied in with the CE camp.
You would have thought Philippe Kahn's
company would be announcing more Java
related press releases (or does Kahn
harbor no resentment toward Microsoft).
Anyway, this question will also be posted
on the General Magic thread, happy hunting. |
