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In article <5b217aa73adave@triffid.co.uk>,
   Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <20240111214138.3e8cd141@devuan>,
>    Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> 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 Würthner work for them?

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Where are they now? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-01-11 21:41 +0000
  Re: Where are they now? Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com> - 2024-01-11 20:53 -0600
    Re: Where are they now? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-01-12 10:07 +0000
  Re: Where are they now? Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 08:31 +0000
    Re: Where are they now? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-01-12 10:14 +0000
    Re: Where are they now? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 13:00 +0000
      Re: Where are they now? Chris Hughes <news13@noonehere.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 13:30 +0000
        Re: Where are they now? Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 17:08 +0000
          Re: Where are they now? Sniffer <sniffer@dewberryfields.co.uk> - 2024-01-12 17:44 +0000
            Re: Where are they now? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-01-12 19:53 +0000
            Re: Where are they now? Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2024-01-13 17:44 +0000
        Re: Where are they now? Martin Wuerthner <spamtrap@mw-software.com> - 2024-03-22 18:30 +0000
          Re: Where are they now? Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2024-03-22 20:09 +0000
          Re: Where are they now? Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@brianhowlett.me.uk> - 2024-03-23 00:33 +0000
            Re: Where are they now? Dave <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2024-03-23 08:18 +0000
              Re: Where are they now? Richard Ashbery <basura@invalid.addr.uk> - 2024-03-25 15:50 +0000
          Re: Where are they now? Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2024-05-26 07:47 +0200
            Re: Where are they now? Chris Newman <mec@npost.uk> - 2024-05-26 12:06 +0100
            Re: Where are they now? J Peachey <john@jpeachey.co.uk> - 2024-05-26 15:00 +0000
              Re: Where are they now? Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2024-06-01 08:53 +0200
            Re: Where are they now? Thomas Milius <Thomas-Milius@vodafonemail.de> - 2024-05-26 17:54 +0200
              Re: Where are they now? Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2024-06-01 09:05 +0200
                Re: Where are they now? Alexander Ausserstorfer <bavariasound@chiemgau-net.de> - 2024-08-15 07:45 +0200

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