Date   : Mon, 21 Jan 1985 19:39:00 PST (Mon)
From   : Tony Li <Tli@Usc-Eclb.ARPA>
Subject: Reply to: cp/m standards

As an ex-DRIP (DRI person), lemme add my two cents worth.  Yes, DRI
has given up on CP/M.  CP/M+ is the last OS product that DRI intends
to market for the 8080/Z80 machines.  Instead they're out to try to
beat Microsoft with things like Concurrent-PCdos.  

I really find it too bad.  Not so much that they want to cover the
upper level machines, but that they want to 'beat' Microsoft.  It
means, that for the rest of their corporate life, they'll be copying
Microsoft and AT+T (Unix).  It's really too bad, because there are
lots of talented people in DRI who just aren't being heard.

Moral:  If you start a company, don't be 'market driven'.  You're then
a slave to your market.

More power to Echelon,
Tony ;-)