Title
Bauer, Walter F. oral history, 1995
Catalog Number
102658248
Type
Document
Description
In this interview, Walter F. Bauer, a founder of Informatics, describes his personal background and the experiences that led him to found one of the first software companies. He discusses the qualities needed for entrepreneurs to be successful and the lack of interest and support from the financial community in the early years of the software industry. He describes the changing competitive environment for software companies from the early 1960s into the 1970s and difficulties that software companies had in shifting from the mainframe to the personal computer marketplace.
Date
1995-06-26
Contributor
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Bauer, Walter F., Interviewee
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Johnson, Luanne, Editor
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Johnson, Luanne, Interviewer
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Via telephone
Extent
14 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Software business history; Bauer, Walter; Informatics; Frank, Werner; Hill, Richard; Ramo-Wooldridge; Jones, Fletcher; Hoover, Bill; Piscopo, Joe; Nies, Tom; Cullinane, John J.; Keet, Lee; O’Rourke, Tom; Imlay, John P.; Wyly, Sam; IBM’s market dominance; Information Builders, Inc.; Cohen, Gerry; FOCUS
Collection Title
Oral history collection
