Bauer, Walter F. oral history, 1995
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.
Item Details
- Date
- 1995-06-26 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102658248
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Walter F. Bauer (Interviewee)
Luanne Johnson (Editor)
Luanne Johnson (Interviewer) - Category
- Transcript
- Extent
- 14 p.
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X4599.2008
- Subject
- Software Business History, FOCUS, Informatics, Ramo-Wooldridge
- Archive collection
- CHM Oral History Collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection