I think prime and vmark had done business together hence why the purchase -
I remember back in 92/93 when we had a pair of prime 1920's (I think) running prime information, we then got a new prime unix box, that was actually a rebadged MIPS running Riscos, they said at the time that PI+ the new version of Information for unix was not quite ready but they would supply universe version 1 for free while they finished it off. Going from prime information to uv v1 was like taking a backward step, and we found a load of bugs in uv, esp with the locking tables, and deadlocks etc. Anyway we eventually got PI+ but I think it was just after that that Prime went out of business, we also used the CAD software, so we took the computervision CAD and ended up with PI+ but supplied by universe. -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wols Lists Sent: 27 April 2013 14:54 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] History of Prime Information On 27/04/13 05:26, Wjhonson wrote: > Okay but let's just talk about 1990-1993 How did Computer Vision > exactly get its hands on Prime Information ? > This happened *before* the final bankruptcy of Prime? > Or did somehow Prime sell or spin off Computer Vision with Prime Information as well? iirc they didn't. Computer Vision did a sort of reverse buyout, taking Prime's CAD business with it. INFORMATION was sold to Vmark, and the hardware business was sold to ?Pericom? That might be why Pr1mos has ended up in copyright limbo. There was a "White Knight" involved in this, so I'm guessing that the breakup and sale was along the lines of "PI to Vmark, software to Computer Vision, and hardware and support to this other company". With the result that it wasn't clearly specified who got the copyrights to Pr1mos and now nobody can do much with it because they don't know who actually owns it... > > Enquiring minds want to know > Well, I might not be much good at enlightening, but I was around as a customer when it all happened ... Cheers, Wol _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2241 / Virus Database: 3162/5776 - Release Date: 04/26/13 _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
