Title
Markowitz, Harry M. oral history
Catalog Number
102658332
Type
Document
Description
Harry Markowitz describes the development of the Simscript simulation language at Rand Corporation and how he and Herb Kerr founded CACI in order to market Simscript I.5 commercially. He discusses pricing issues and competitive products to Simscript and to CACI's data storage and retrieval product, Qwick Qwery. He covers the evolution of the Simscript product from the initial version developed at Rand and the acquisition by CACI of Simscript II Plus, developed by Phil Kiviat, which became the commercially successful product Simscript II.5.
Date
1986-05-14
Contributor
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Johnson, Luanne, Interviewer; Editor
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Markowitz, Harry Max, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
New York, New York
Extent
18 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Qwick Qwery; Kiviat, Phil; GEMS (General Electric Manufacturing Simulator); Hausner, Bernard; SPS1 (Simulation Programming System 1); GASP; GPSS; Pritsker, Alan; Johnson, Glen; Gomory, Ralph; Grad, Burt; EAS-E; Markowitz, Harry; SIMSCRIPT; Kerr, Herb; CACI; Rand Corporation
Collection Title
Oral history collection
