Data General software agreement pre-announcement (Merry Christmas)

Congratulations on a great accomplishment, Bruce! This is indeed a great Christmas gift for the vintage community -- Ian ________________________________________ From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Bruce Ray [bruce at Wild-Hare.com] Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:19 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only Subject: Data General software agreement pre-announcement (Merry Christmas) G'day DG legacy preservation fans - After 9+ years of negotiations, Wild Hare has secured an agreement with Data General to recover, archive and release Data General 16-bit and some 32-bit software for educational and non-commercial purposes. A official announcement will be made next month, but I wanted to let list members know that sometimes good things can happen. A special thanks is extended to the amazing William Donzelli, and to the quick-footed Carl Friend, who made the physical tape rescue in Massachusetts possible. Thanks also to the legal and technical folk at EMC (Data General) who finally made this a legal reality - and who might prefer annonymity at this point. Details will be posted in a few weeks, but I wanted to share this bit of Merry Christmas for DG fans. Bruce Bruce Ray Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc. bkr at WildHareComputers.com ...preserving the Data General legacy: www.NovasAreForever.com