FW: WingZ 1989 World Tour - any info?
_____ From: malcolm.iiug [mailto:maliiug@btopenworld.com] Sent: 30 January 2008 23:13 To: 'Ian Michael Gumby' Subject: RE: WingZ 1989 World Tour - any info? I didn't get to go on the world tour. But I was around in those days. Wingz was a very powerful spreadsheet written in a powerful 4GL called HyperScript. In fact Wingz could handle a bigger worksheet(32768 by 32768) in 1989 than Excel can handle now. HyperScript was a very powerful language for developing GUI business intelligence applications. It had database access - of course - and some really neat charts. One demo used a spreadsheet to draw a pictorial representation of Starship Enterprise. Originally both products were developed for MAC - and ported from there to Windows 3.1 and UNIX Motif. I even have a copy of Mastering Wingz - The Official Introduction to Wingz Presentation Spreadsheet - ISBN 0-553-34706-3 and I daresay I might even be able to rustle up some product disks. But if I recall they were 5.25 inch floppies. I even worked on some projects into the mid 90's which were developed using HyperScript front-ending Online 5. IMHO Wingz and HyperScript were classic examples of very good products which were let down by Informix marketing of the time- but what do I know? Regards Malcolm _____ From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Ian Michael Gumby Sent: 30 January 2008 17:57 To: scottishpoet; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: WingZ 1989 World Tour - any info? Uhm... I resemble that remark. Yes it was after the purchase there was a "new" release of the product 1989 and it was the marketing launch. I do have a Wingz bag (red), a coffee cup and a Wingz pin from the "good ol' days" ... ;-) > From: dryburghj@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: WingZ 1989 World Tour - any info? > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:20:43 -0800 > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > On Jan 29, 10:45 am, Honey <unknownshop...@gmail.dot.com> wrote: > > Does anyone have any info or pointers or links or anything about a World > > Tour of WingZ in 1989? Searching the net brings up absolutely zero so I > > don't know what it is I have - a black satin jacket with WingZ World Tour > > '89 patches embroidered on the front and back. I've searched for days and > > only been able to find out that WingZ was a spreadsheet software that was > > released in 1989 by Informix, but I've never heard of any software doing a > > world tour. That I can find there's was no music group around back then > > with that name and I can't think of anything else it could be so I figured > > I'd ask here. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Honey > > > Honey, > > WingZ was ready for release in 1988 and was bought by Informix (or > SmartWare??) in 1989 . Either of these events could have led to a > world wide product launch which incoropated a "world tour". This could > have lead to some "neat" giveaways such as the back satin jacket, in > the "Good old days" software companies gave out some nice gifts. > > I am not sure if anyone from 1989 is still around. I have passed the > question around one or two of the guys that were with SmartWare to see > if they have any more info > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _____ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. Learn more. <http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join>;