Computer History Museum

Personal computer (PC) software workshop : accounting

The principals who led three significant PC-based accounting and timekeeping software packages (Peachtree, TLB/Solomon and Timeslips) discuss the histories of their products and what competitors they were selling against. They discuss the difficulties of determining the most appropriate sales channel and the significance of product reviews in determining the success (or failure) of PC products. They talk about how the entry of IBM into the microcomputer market legitimized the entire industry and the difficulties in supporting the multitude of computer platforms prior to the dominance of the MS/DOS operating system. Finally, they discuss customer support issues and how marketing problems changed with the maturing of the industry.

Item Details

Date
2004-05-06 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102658155
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Nathan Ensmenger (Historian)
Mitch Russo (Participant)
Gary Harpst (Participant)
Ben Dyer (Participant)
Louise O'Donald (Editor)
Carol Anne Ances (Editor)
Jeffrey Yost (Historian)
Luanne Johnson (Moderator)
Douglas Jerger (Participant)
Bill Goodhew (Participant)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
30 p.
Place of publication
USA/MA/Needham
Language
English
Acquisition number
X4311.2008
Subject
MSA, Software Business History, IBM PC
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection