From: "Brian B. Riley" <brianbr@together.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 14:31:04 +0800
To: <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [cpj:265] COS]
Message-ID: <199711230618.BAA04727@mx01.together.net>
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On 11/22/97 10:39 PM, Tim May (tcmay@got.net)  passed this wisdom:

>At 12:06 PM -0700 11/22/97, TruthMonger wrote:
>>Have you heard of a Mac compatible OS called "COS" from Omega in East
>>Germany?
>>I just found an article about it in Japanese Mac mag and that says Omega
>>announced the OS 11/13 at German MacWorldExpo.

 [snip]

>This past week's issue of "MacWeek" said that this COS has been "delayed,"
>with no new introduction date set.
>
>Searching the www.zdnet.com site may reveal this. Or searching on the
>company name, of course.

 I have read a number of articles speculating that Omega COS may be 
vaporware. I went to their webapge which has some great sounding text 
hype and nothing else, no links, no ordering info, nada!




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