Digital Technology Buys FaceSpan -- Digital Technology International has purchased the interface design and application development tool FaceSpan from Software Designs Unlimited. FaceSpan is an interface builder for Mac OSA languages (like AppleScript and UserTalk) used to build user interfaces with windows, dialogs, and other functionality that's not normally built into the languages. Digital Technology has indicated it plans to pursue FaceSpan development aggressively (starting with a version 2.1 update on 01-Jul-96), including plans for OpenDoc and cross-platform capabilities. [GD]
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