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\F1\CJune 25, 1981



Roger McKee
The Wollogong Group
1135A San Antonio Rd.
Mt. View, CA 


Dear Mr. McKee:

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I enjoyed our conversation Wednesday; I \F3do\F1 hope we can work out an
agreement with Perkin-Elmer to 
develop a quality LISP for their family of machines.
As I mentioned, I tried some time ago --fall of 1979-- to interest P-E in
my LISP efforts. I submitted a summary of potential markets for 
LISP and its application in Artificial Intelligence (AI), along with
and a proposal to develop LISP. At that time, P-E  was putting their 
marketing efforts in other directions than AI. With the growing
commercialization of AI, and P-E's sustained efforts to impact on DEC's
market, as well as my need/desire for better development tools,
it occurred to me that this may be a good time to re-open the issue.
I should  mention that the appearance of your Group also prompted
my action; that P-E is now listening to a  UNIX voice in its ear, 
may show a  
growing sense of enlightenment. 

When I was previously dealing with P-E, they were
just considering a licensing agreement for UNIX. At that time I was consulting
with a group at Santa Clara University, that was looking for a departmental
machine; the 3220 looked promising, but the lack of adequate software
was a substantial drawback.

I realize that both LISP and I dropped in on you unannounced.
Though LISP has been
around as a research tool for over twenty years, it is only recently 
that it has begun to attract attention in industrial circles. 
Therefore, I am enclosing
an overview of how LISP and its applications
can lead to commercially viable
products. I am also enclosing a copy of my resume; I too have been around
for more than twenty years, and have invested a substantial committment
in developing quality LISP tools as a first-step towards 
AI-based products for commercial and educational applications.

Perhaps you could pass pertinent parts of these documents on to relevant
P-E personnel. If you or they have any questions or wish further clarification,
please don't hesitate to contact me.
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Yours sincerely,


John R. Allen
18215 Bayview Dr.
Los Gatos Ca, 95030

(408) 353-2227 --TLC
(408) 353-3857 --home

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