With the release of Windows 3.0 many software companies that have hitherto snubbed Windows and gone for OS/2 Presentation Manager are now attempting to leapfrog their way into the rush to put out Windows 3.0 products: indeed Software Publishing Corp which was among the nine leading vendors mentioned by Microsoft at its launch this week (CI No 1,432) bought into the technology only last week when it licensed Samna Corp’s Ami MS-Windows-based word processor (CI No 1,428); according to ComputerWorld Software Publishing will use the technology in Ami to develop Windows versions of its own applications which will appear next year.
