CompuServe Messages

Actually, the CD-RTOS guys themselves just started their own CD-I authoring group… to help companies create discs and either market them alone or via Microware. And do in-house business titles, etc. According to a posting on internet, the guy there to call is Jeff Ames, 515-224-1929. A nearby spin-off company will be helping with POS and retail training app discs. AIM (American) became PIMA (Philips Interactive Media – America) this past August, just shortly after PIME (-Europe) was formed. They've worked with (some you mentioned) McNally, Time-Life, Smithsonian, Britannica, ABC Sports, The Children's Workshop, Hanna-Barbara, Polygram, etc. Then there's Maxwell Multimedia. It was formed in Britain by Maxwell Communications… they've spent close to half a billion dollars investing in future publishing media, and say that they intend to become the largest CD-I producer in the world. Maybe, maybe not, but they do bring in the Berlitz language, OAG and some child-oriented European company names. They also have plans to expand into the USSR. It looks like larger companies will continue dominating the big-studio-style TV-ish mass consumer titles for a while, with smaller companies concentrating on training/sales/games applications. The same will go for CDTV, I think. The latter apps are easier o pull off in a hurry, for either. – kevin