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- Microsoft Demonstrates Commitment to IBM OfficeVision
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- New York, NY -- May 16, 1989 -- Microsoft Corporation today announced
- a commitment to develop applications software that is integrated with
- the newly announced IBM(R) OfficeVision/2. At the IBM announcement in
- New York today, Microsoft previewed a future version of the popular
- Microsoft(R) Excel spreadsheet running under OS/2 Version 1.20.
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- "Microsoft Excel is the first application product from Microsoft that
- will exploit the benefits of OS/2 1.10 and 1.20. Over time, we will
- introduce a complete line of applications with the graphical user
- interface of Presentation Manager," said Mike Maples, Microsoft vice
- president of applications. "Users want a consistent interface across
- all of the applications they use, and compliance with SAA will provide
- that."
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- Microsoft Excel is the leading spreadsheet for graphical environments.
- Versions for Microsoft Windows and the Apple(R) Macintosh are
- available now, and a version for OS/2 1.10 and 1.20 will be released
- later this year. Microsoft Excel incorporates powerful analytical
- tools with tools for manipulation of data and presentation of
- numerically oriented data.
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- Today Microsoft demonstrated how Microsoft Excel can act as both a
- user and supplier of information to IBM OfficeVision/2. Using a custom
- dialog box created in Microsoft Excel's powerful macro language, a
- customer can send an order in the OfficeVision/2 mail facility to
- another workstation, where a second copy of Microsoft Excel can
- receive the order, create a pick list, update the inventory database
- and use OfficeVision/2 to send a confirmation. This type of
- integration is possible because Microsoft Excel takes advantage of the
- services of OfficeVision/2 and benefits of the IBM Personal
- System/2(R) using OS/2 Extended Edition.
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- Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ "MSFT") develops, markets and supports a
- wide range of software for business and professional use, including
- operating systems, languages and application programs as well as
- books, CD-ROM products and hardware for the microcomputer marketplace.
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- Business Machines Corporation.
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