#Aegis
I called them last Friday to ask about these rumors. They said there was
no truth to the rumors. They have severed ties with one of their outside
developers, so I suppose these rumors could be coming from them. They said
that new versions of Audio Master (as in III), Sonix, and Draw 2000 were in
the works, as well as a new product for the holiday season to be announced
later. Apparently the reports of their demise are premature.
Why is it that people will spread these rumors without bothering to spend
50 cents or whatever to check them out? This type of gossip can be very
damaging to developers. All it takes is one nasty widespread tale and they
can be hurt beyond repair. Software development is not a secure field. It
doesn't take much to mess things up. As a SysOp, whose statements are
often taken as gospel by users, don't you think you have a responsibility
to investigate these things before passing them along? I know that all you
said was "The only thing I've heard is they're out of business completely",
but I am sure that many people will probably not remember the
qualifications but only that "a SysOp on CompuServe said that Aegis went
out of business."