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From: mattack@eskimo.com (Matt Ackeret)
Subject: Re: Cornerstone?
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Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 17:46:18 GMT
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In article <31d17803.6801833@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
Susan <SusanD@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>>> Does anyone know anything about Infocom's business software,
>>> Cornerstone and possibly where I could get it?
>
>>I bought my copy from Herb's Discount Software in the Palo Alto area of 
>>California for $5. It was a while ago, so that mat not have anymore, 
>>but they did have a whole shelf of them when I was there. Let me know if 
>>you need a phone number.
>
>	Is it of any value today or just a keepsake of what more than
>anything else did Infocom in back then?  Well, it shows that even
>Infocom was loosing interest in text adventures.  :)  I wonder if they
>might have survived to this day if they had not bought this outrageous
>product and instead had drastically downsized the company?

What the heck are you talking about?  They were working on the database
for a long time and were writing text adventures _to pay for the time to
work on it_.  they didn't just buy it from some other company.
-- 
unknown@apple.com		Apple II Forever
These opinions are mine, not Apple's.
