Title
Hewlett Packard software workshop : session three : ISV and VAR technologies up to the mid-1980s
Catalog Number
102739966
Type
Document
Description
Representatives from software product companies that developed and sold software for Hewlett Packard computers along with ex-HP employees, historians and journalists discussed the evolution of HP as a hardware/software company in the 1970s and 1980s. They talk about co-operation/competition with HP, licensing, maintenance and other issues relating to the development and marketing of software products over the period. This session focused on the technological aspects of building systems, application enabling, and applications products using HP interfaces. The direct relations between HP and the ISVs and VARs as to functions and performance were covered as well as the economic considerations for using these HP systems products. HP’s support (or non-support) of the ISV and VAR R&D activities were debated. The session also considered how the software companies insured product quality before release and provided technical assistance to their customers.
Date
2008-06-05
Contributor
Adamson, Michael, Participant
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Alberts, Gerard, Historian
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Bergquist, Richard, Participant
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Browne, Martin, Participant
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Bugos, Glenn, Historian
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Cooper, Steve, Participant
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Damm, Jack, Participant
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Dennis, Steve, Participant
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Gentry, Grace, Participant
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Gorfinkel, Martin, Participant
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Grad, Burt, Moderator
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Green, Bob, Participant
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House, Charles H., Participant
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Jerger, Douglas, SI SIG Member
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Keet, Lee, Editor
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Klein, Mark, Participant
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Kurtzig, Sandy, Participant
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Mahoney, Michael, Historian
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Mecham, Douglas J., Participant
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Ray, Bruce, Participant
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Rego, Alfredo, Participant
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Sakakihara, Phil, Participant
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Sieler, Stan, Participant
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Thorpe, Harper, Participant
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White, Fred, Participant
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Woc, Rene, Participant
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
44 p.
Format
PDF
Category
Transcription
Subject
Client/server; Development methodology; HP3000; ISV (independent software vendor); License pricing; Maintenance pricing; RISC; Software development; Software licensing; Software maintenance; Software portability; SPL; UNIX; User groups; VAR (Value Added Reseller); Volokh, Eugene; Volokh, Vladimir
Collection Title
Oral history collection
Credit
Software Industry Special Interest Group