Computer History Museum

Piscopo, Joe (Joseph A.) oral history

Joseph A. (Joe) Piscopo describes the founding of Pansophic Systems, Inc. in April 1969 after receiving $150,000 in investment funds from a group of family members and friends. He describes how they began to focus on software products shortly after beginning their business and why they chose systems software products over applications software. He discusses the competitive relationship between Pansophic's program library system PANVALET and ADR's Librarian system and that IBM did not provide a similar product and therefore was not a competitor. He states that IBM unbundling had virtually no impact on Pansophic and that customer resistance to software that was not developed in-house was not a major factor in Pansophic's growth. He covers sales and marketing strategy, pricing issues and the environment for start-up software companies in the early 1970s.

Item Details

Date
1986-05-05 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102702142
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Joseph Piscopo (Interviewee)
Luanne Johnson (Interviewer)
Category
Transcript
Credit line
Gift of Johnson, Luanne
Extent
20 p.
Language
English
Acquisition number
X5550.2010
Subject
IBM Unbundling, ADR, Librarian
Archive collection
Oral history collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection