Apart from Marlon Brando, only those who never win any decry prizes, so Tandem Computers Inc, Cupertino, has every right to be proud of the fact that its NonStop VLX supermini and XL8 and V8 disk storage facilities have been awarded the respected Good Design Prize for Foreign Products from the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry: the prizes are awarded to products exhibiting outstanding design characteristics in 13 categories and Tandem’s offerings won in the Information Equipment category, meeting criteria that include appearance, function, quality, safety, suitability for production and reasonable price; the judges thought particularly highly of the modular expandability, maintainability and innovative appearance of the Tandem products, and the company can now sport the G-Mark for Good Design in its promotional activities; a total of 3,690 products were entered this year, and 72 products from foreign companies were awarded G-Marks.
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