Title
Cohen, Gerry (Gerald) oral history
Catalog Number
102658228
Type
Document
Description
In this interview, Gerry Cohen, the founder of Information Builders, talks about his early career when he was responsible for developing RAMIS at Mathematica and how the growth of a software product business within that consulting firm led to his decision to leave Mathematica and form Information Builders to develop a competing product, FOCUS. He describes the importance of offering both of these products through time-sharing services such as NCSS and Tymshare and the significance of time-sharing services in creating the software products industry. He covers the impact of IBM competition on early software products industry and the extensive user group infrastructure which developed at Information Builders.
Date
1986-05-14
Contributor
Cohen, Gerald, Interviewee
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Johnson, Luanne, Interviewer
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Johnson, Luanne, Editor
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
New York, New York
Extent
24 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Software business history; FOCUS; National CSS; Tymshare, Inc.; Time-sharing computer systems.; Braniff, Ron; User groups; Applied Logic; Cohen, Gerald; Information Builders, Inc.; Mathematica; RAMIS
Collection Title
Oral history collection