Title
Personal computer (PC) software workshop : personal productivity software
Catalog Number
102658266
Type
Document
Description
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.
Date
2004-11-19
Contributor
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Bergin, Thomas (Tim), Historian
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Bergin, Thomas (Tim), Editor
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Carlston, Douglas G., Participant
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Ensmenger, Nathan, Historian
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Farros, Royal P., Participant
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Grier, David, Historian
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Jerger, Douglas, Moderator
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LaHay, Edward, Participant
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Peuto, Bernard L., Participant
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Roizen, Heidi, Participant
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Roizen, Peter, Participant
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Schachter, Oscar H., Participant
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Williams, Michael, Historian
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Wilson, Camilo, Participant
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, CA, USA
Extent
28 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Software business history; Brøderbund; Carlston, Douglas; ClickArt; Correct Grammar; CP/M; Ensmenger, Nathan; Farros, Royal; Food Cost Explosion System; For Comment; Freeware; Grier, David; I Hate Algebra; Jerger, Doug; KidPix; LaHay, Ed; Lifetree Software; Music Professor; OnBalance; Peuto, Bernard; PFS: First Publisher; Print Shop; Roizen, Heidi; Roizen, Peter; Schachter, Oscar; Science Toolkit; Software Publishing Association (SPA); T/Maker; Venture Capital; Volkswriter; Williams, Michael; Wilson, Camilo; WriteNow; Bank Street Writer; Bergin, Tim
Collection Title
Oral history collection
Credit
Software Industry Special Interest Group
