Title
Whitlow, Duane oral history
Catalog Number
102702251
Type
Document
Description
Duane Whitlow, the developer of Syncsort, describes the founding of Whitlow Computer Systems which was later renamed Syncsort and how he came to develop a sort product which was much more efficient than the sort available from IBM at the time. He describes how they were able to use demos to sell very effectively against IBM at a time when independent software vendors found it very difficult to get into IBM's customers' shops, a success which paved the way for many other software companies. He talks about why he felt it was important to patent the product although patenting software was very difficult to do and about the difficulties he and the other founders had in financing the start-up company.
Date
1998-05-08
Contributor
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Johnson, Luanne, Interviewer; Editor
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Whitlow, Duane, Interviewee
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
via Telephone
Extent
19 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Whitlow, Duane; Syncsort; Whitlow Computer Systems; Tavitian, Aso; Rintell, Stan; Witzel, Bill; Software Patents
Collection Title
Oral history collection
