Re: WingZ 1989 World Tour - any info?
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
scottishpoet schrieb: > 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 > > I definitely can remember (yes, I am _very_ old!) that I got a test version of WingZ for the Mac in 1989. This was in Frankfurt/Main, Germany on a Sun Info Day type of event. Maybe search groups.google.com in the usenet mac centric newsgroups or simply use keywords 'mac' and 'wingz'. HTH, dic_k -- Richard Kofler SOLID STATE EDV Dienstleistungen GmbH Vienna/Austria/Europe
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. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join
On Jan 30, 5:57 pm, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > 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: drybur...@yahoo.com > > Subject: Re: WingZ 1989 World Tour - any info? > > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:20:43 -0800 > > To: informix-l...@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. > funny who you can track down in IBM... this guy left informix about 10 years ago!! That was the year I joined Informix Support and it was my team that supported Smartware and WingZ (the Office Automation products as we used to call them). I don't know if you have any knowledge of WingZ but basically it was pretty much the first spreadsheet to use graphics and operate in a Windows environment - the true forebear to Excel back when all other spreadsheets were strictly character-based. Since PCs in those days had no concept of Windows (Windows 3.1 - the first SERIOUS PC-based Windows o/s was only starting to reach the market late in that year/early the next year), WingZ was mainly targeted at the tiny Mac market. The WingZ world tour was, I am sure, a marketing roadshow designed to launch the product across the three business regions of US, Europe and AsiaPac - a typical excuse dreamed up by Marketing so they could have a worldwide trip no doubt. Nothing changes! That jacket is a rarity though. few people even at Informix were ever involved with WingZ. Let the poster know they have a gem on their hands. Then there is this on wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informix_Wingz If you can email me a cpoy of the badges I can confirm if it is the WingZ product logo or not