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_{Nr ...}_,Y/t) llliLEA..SE - OCTOBER 1, 1980

Tcda,y

Syrr:bolics,

LiC. became the only licensee of the MIT Lisp

Hachine Operating

Systar..,

Concluding 7 months

of

negotiations,

SjTI1X>lics '\vas

granted a nen exclusive

license by

the

!r1a.ss2.chusetts

Institute of Technology to

offer

r;rLlT Lisp I1achine operating

s~stems

for use on

~jIDbolics'

c0ITn1ercial computers.

Representing over 20 fw.ln years of top level programruing effort, the licer.sed sofb.vare gives users outside r'UT access to tJ."ie prcgrarrming eXWirOThllent of the 80 r s.

$YTbolics '

Research Center

in

~~IDridge will

continue

development end support of ne';', sjITtolic softvlare.. Enhancements to the license.d softHare created by

Syrroolics

and MIT will be shared.

Syrrbolics r first enhancement ,·,ill be the

inclusion

of lor-3.l

file a'1d

tap:?

back-up sofbtlare

to

enable

stand-alone operation of S:lrrbolics furnish'2d systems. Symbolics I customers will receive a

sub-license granting thEm on-going access to those enhancements.

Si~bolics

plans ccrrrnercial introduction of

~bolic

systems

ty~sed

on the

~lIT

Lisp Nachine

techrlolcgy

starting in

Ha.y

1981. A full

lir~e of ccmfuter

systems will

be offered

providing

a range of