Title
Timesharing and Remote Processing Services Meeting Session #2: Formation of TS/RPS CompaniesCatalog Number
102702884Type
DocumentDescription
The participants described the business opportunities seen by a number of entrepreneurs as a result of the development of technological capabilities for timesharing and remote processing services and the companies that were started to exploit these new computing paradigms. Each of the pioneers described how their company was formed and their initial business and technology vision. Topics covered include:• The technology that they started with
• The markets they expected to serve
• The founders and key business and technical participants
• The platforms they selected and why
• Where the initial financing came from
• Their most serious obstacles and how were they overcome
The timeline for when each company represented was formed and early key events was constructed including filling in information for those significant companies not represented at the meeting.
Date
2009-06-02Contributor
Bayles, Dick, participant |
Belvin, Frank, participant |
Brook, Chris, participant |
Crandall, Rick, participant |
Grad, Burt, moderator |
Haigh, Thomas, historian |
Hardy, Ann, participant |
Humphries, Mike, participant |
Jerger, Doug, SI SIG member |
Johnson, Luanne, SI SIG member; editor |
LaHay, Edward, SI SIG member |
Lowenstein, Dick, participant |
McDonald, Chris, historian |
McJones, Paul, participant |
Myers, Gary, participant |
Rawlings, Nicholas, participant |
Ross, Kenneth, participant |
Schmidt, Dave, participant |
Stein, Jeffery, participant |
Wyman, Mike, participant |