Personal computer (PC) software workshop : personal productivity software
The participants examined Personal Productivity Software from the perspective of software vendors and developers; historians and members of the Museum community also participated. The practitioners represented firms which created and sold computer games, word processing software and spreadsheets. Peter Roizen, Heidi Roizen and Royal Farros discussed the development of T/Maker, ClickArt and PFS: First Publisher. Doug Carlston explained the evolution of Broderbund as a "software publisher" of Bank Street Writer, For Comment, and PrintShop. Camilo Wilson of Lifetree discussed the history of Volkswriter.
Item Details
- Date
- 2004-11-19 (Made)
- Type
- Document
- Catalogue number
- 102658266
- Organization
- Computer History Museum
- People
- Thomas (Tim) Bergin (Editor)
Thomas (Tim) Bergin (Historian)
Edward LaHay (Participant)
Camilo Wilson (Participant)
Peter Roizen (Participant)
Heidi Roizen (Participant)
Nathan Ensmenger (Historian)
Oscar H. Schachter (Participant)
Williams, Michael (Historian)
Bernard L. Peuto (Participant)
Douglas Jerger (Moderator)
David Grier (Historian)
Royal P. Farros (Participant)
Douglas G. Carlston (Participant) - Category
- Transcript
- Credit line
- Software Industry Special Interest Group
- Extent
- 28 p.
- Place of publication
- USA/CA/Mountain View
- Language
- English
- Acquisition number
- X4622.2008
- Subject
- Venture Capital, CP/M, Software Publishing Association (SPA), Software Business History
- Archive collection
- Oral history collection
- Archive hierarchy
- CHM Oral History Collection