Gobe Returns

MacRumors · 02:42 PM

Gobe Software has returned (as reflected by their website)

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Gobe is back! We are currently working on_the next version of Gobe Productive, the popular award winning software. Stay tune for more news on products, distributors and_resellers.

Gobe produced an office suite for Windows, Linux and the BeOS platforms which met positive reviews... and until this most recent website update, Gobe had ceased business operations.

Apple reportedly recruited three of GoBe's founders (but not Gobe, itself) -- Scott Holdaway, Scott Lindsey, and Carl Grice -- who are currently working at Apple on an undisclosed project.

Apple is rumored to be working on a Office suite due later this year, according to ThinkSecret. The word processor component ('Document') was first reported by MacWhispers, and later corroborated by ThinkSecret. MacOSXRumors gave first notice of an Apple Office suite in the works in July 2002.

cbrantly · Apr 5, 2003, 02:37 PM

So does this mean that they are done working on Apple's office suite or it is just vaporware?

arn · Apr 5, 2003, 02:38 PM

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Originally posted by cbrantly
So does this mean that they are done working on Apple's office suite or it is just vaporware?

Well,

Presumably the Gobe founders are still working at Apple, and Gobe is moving forward without them... but that's all my speculation/assumption.

arn

MhzDoesMatter · Apr 5, 2003, 02:40 PM

seems like if apple had assimilated the ship and all its crew the company would have just kept quiet until it was announced as an apple company and software debuted. Or maybe there would have been a press release stating Apple bought another business. So I'm thinking maybe they just decided to get back in the game on their own volition, perhaps with some encouragement from our fruit company.

Hertz

arn · Apr 5, 2003, 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by MhzDoesMatter
seems like if apple had assimilated the ship and all its crew the company would have just kept quiet until it was announced as an apple company and software debuted. Or maybe there would have been a press release stating Apple bought another business. So I'm thinking maybe they just decided to get back in the game on their own volition, perhaps with some encouragement from our fruit company.

Hertz

Sorry if the original article wasn't clear.

Gobe and Apple are seperate entities.

Apple just happened to recruit several of Gobe's founders when they went under.

arn

MhzDoesMatter · Apr 5, 2003, 04:37 PM

Actually, I was sorta just answering a lingering question I had after reading somewhere else I think about Apple having possibly bought the company. This article didn't lead me to that conclusion at all.

Hertz

jimjiminyjim · 05:13 PM

What a strange rumor. It's quite intriguing. They were a business, then a bunch of them got recruited by apple, then they weren't a business, and now they are.

Why did they disband? Why did they regroup?

(edited because I'm a freak, and didn't want "Why did they disband" to read "why did the disband")

backspinner · Apr 7, 2003, 05:35 AM

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d46799 · Apr 7, 2003, 05:45 AM

Yipeeeeee

Apr 5, 2003, 02:37 PM	#2
cbrantly macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2002	Apple's Office Suite So does this mean that they are done working on Apple's office suite or it is just vaporware?

Apr 5, 2003, 05:11 PM	#7
jimjiminyjim macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Canada	Odd What a strange rumor. It's quite intriguing. They were a business, then a bunch of them got recruited by apple, then they weren't a business, and now they are. Why did they disband? Why did they regroup? (edited because I'm a freak, and didn't want "Why did they disband" to read "why did the disband") Last edited by jimjiminyjim : Apr 5, 2003 at 05:13 PM.

Apr 7, 2003, 05:45 AM	#9
d46799 macrumors member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: SFBA, CA, USA	Yipeeeeee __________________ Pong, Atari 2600, ZX-81, Atari800XL, Mac Plus, Powerbook Duo 210, PowerMac 6500, Powerbook G4 Quote: I'll never be able to fill that up! (Said about my 16k RAM expander for ZX-81, $600 20MB HD, 80MB HD, 500MB HD, 4 GB HD, 40GB HD, 120GB HD, etc., etc.)

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Apr 5, 2003, 02:40 PM	#4
MhzDoesMatter macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida	seems like if apple had assimilated the ship and all its crew the company would have just kept quiet until it was announced as an apple company and software debuted. Or maybe there would have been a press release stating Apple bought another business. So I'm thinking maybe they just decided to get back in the game on their own volition, perhaps with some encouragement from our fruit company. Hertz

Apr 5, 2003, 04:37 PM	#6
MhzDoesMatter macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida	Actually, I was sorta just answering a lingering question I had after reading somewhere else I think about Apple having possibly bought the company. This article didn't lead me to that conclusion at all. Hertz