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Type

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Title

ADAPSO Reunion Workshop: Banking Litigation and Issues of the 1960s

Contributor

Allison, David, Historian

Bergin, Tim, Moderator

Bergin, Tim, Historian

Dent, T. Lowell, Participant

Goldstein, Bernie, Moderator

Johnson, Julie, Participant

Johnson, Luanne, Participant

Johnson, Luanne, Editor

Lautenberg, Frank, Participant

Markoski, Joe, Participant

Nugent, Mike, Participant

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Date

2002-05-04

Place of Publication

Washington, DC

Extent

21 p.

Description

A group of former CEO?s of computer software product and services companies discuss the formation of ADAPSO and how fighting against the policy of allowing banks to offer computer services became the first significant issue of the organization. The win against unfair banking competition and the fights which followed against IBM, accounting firms and Microsoft led to one of the strongest times in ADAPSO?s history. The participants then discuss the growth in specialized computer services companies and how ADAPSO was comprised of entrepreneurs that led to the growth of that industry. Finally, they talk about the effects that winning the fight against banks had on the computer services industry.

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Transcript

Subject

Software business history; ADAPSO; Dent, T. Lowell; Goldstein, Bernie; Lautenberg, Frank; Johnson, Luanne; Markoski, Joe; Nugent, Mike; Wessel, Milton; IBM; Microsoft Corporation; Evans, Bill; Patman, Wright; House Banking Committee; ADP

Collection Title

Oral Histories Online

Accession Number

102658204