Editing Mindset (computer) (section)

===Disappearance===
By the summer of 1984, it was clear the system was not selling as expected, and the company re-purposed it for the video production and graphics design markets. That was followed in August by a round of layoffs, and another in January 1985,<ref>{{cite journal |first=Michael |last=McCarthy |title=Corvus Cuts Price, Mindset Cuts Staff |journal=InfoWorld |date=25 February 1985 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6C4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA13}}</ref> this time half the employees were let go. The company filed for [[Chapter 11]] protection on 28 August 1985, and never emerged.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Christine |last=McGeever |title=Mindset Asks Chapter 11 Protection |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eS8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA10 |journal=InfoWorld |date=9 September 1985 |page=10}}</ref>

By 1985, when it was clear the system was not living up to its promise and Windows 1.0 was a flop in general, [[John J. Anderson]] published a review of the system decrying that the personal computer market was beginning to value [[IBM PC compatible|compatibility]] over technology. He wrote:

{{cquote|...the marketplace has "matured," and in its maturation process it has lost much of its original spark, innovation, and imagination. Today supposed graphics "experts" think of graphics in terms of when to use a pie chart as opposed to a bar chart. Today a program like City had better run on the [[Commodore 64]], or else be capable of charting the cost of equity capital. Today the idea of designing machines that push the envelope of graphics price/performance has caved in to the design of machines that are compatible but cheaper. It is a shift in emphasis that makes the micro world a colder place for those who are motivated enough to seek something more.{{sfn|Anderson|1985|p=50}}}}