Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Folderol Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.misc Subject: Re: Where are they now? Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 20:09:03 +0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 48 Message-ID: <20240322200903.1069a14a@devuan> References: <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan> <5b217aa73adave@triffid.co.uk> <5b2192a6aeSpambin@argonet.co.uk> <410796215b.chris@mytardis> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0c1f26ebd4b6bf70b6c642bbc764c202"; logging-data="3289024"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19ipiNwPXQgnJIznmIMh+nA7N+HNCkjVyU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:oNLLSlNyxCpbYvFXlIzmPxeBQ+U= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.1.1 (GTK 3.24.38; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.misc:21314 On Fri, 22 Mar 24 18:30:04 UTC Martin Wuerthner wrote: >Chris Hughes wrote: > >> In message <5b2192a6aeSpambin@argonet.co.uk> >> Stuart wrote: >> >> > In article <5b217aa73adave@triffid.co.uk>, >> > Dave wrote: >> > > In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>, >> >> Folderol wrote: >> > > > I don't know what made me think about this, but does anyone know >> > > > what happened to all the people working at Computer Concepts way >> > > > back in the BBC B days? I had Wordwise and and probably still have >> > > > up in the attic! I remember they went on to produce Impression for >> > > > the Archimedes, but then rather seemed to drop out of sight. >> >> > > Long time ago now, but IIRC. At the end of their RISC OS engagement, >> > > they produced a graphics app for the Windows PC side of things, called >> > > Xara. >> >> > > Then they sold the rights to Corel so it became Corel Xara. Corel, who >> > > as usual didn't do much with it, and after a few years CC got Xara >> > > back and did some more development work on it. >> >> > > They are still at Gaddesden Place, and the Xara app I believe is >> > > appreciated in Pro design circles. >> >> > Didn't Martin Wurthner work for them? >> >> Yes he worked on Xara for sometime since it was based initially off >> Artworks. But left after awhile. > >"a while" being 18 years. ;-) I stopped working for Xara two months ago. > >Sorry about jumping in so late, I found it increasingly hard to find a >reliable news server in recent years, so I gave up on news for quite a >while. > >Martin Good to hear from you. Would the reason you stopped be retirement by any chance? (well into retirement myself) -- Basic