Computer History Museum

Timesharing and Remote Processing Services meeting session #11 : the demise and legacy of TS/RPS

Pioneers of the Timesharing and Remote Processing Services industries in the 1960s and 1970s discuss why it disappeared and what replaced it. They talk about the changes in technology, the evolution of business models, and the change in customers. They discuss the legacy of timesharing and its influence on email, e-commerce, networking, and now the ubiquitous individual access to computing services and data.

Item Details

Date
2009-06-03 (Made)
Type
Document
Catalogue number
102702893
Organization
Computer History Museum
People
Mike Humphries (Participant)
Frank Belvin (Participant)
Burt Grad (Moderator)
Thomas Haigh (Participant)
Luanne Johnson (Participant)
Len Shustek (Editor)
Ann Hardy (Participant)
Dick Bayles (Participant)
Nicholas Rawlings (Participant)
Chris McDonald (Participant)
Doug Jerger (Participant)
Brook, Chris (Participant)
Norm Hardy (Participant)
Stein, Jeffery (Participant)
Mike Wyman (Participant)
Dick Lowenstein (Participant)
Category
Transcript
Format
PDF
Credit line
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Extent
31 p.
Place of publication
North America/USA/CA/Mountain View
Language
English
Acquisition number
X5386.2009
Subject
Internet, National CSS, Tymnet, General Electric Information Services (GEIS), CompuServe, Timesharing, Interactive Data Corporation (IDC), Tymshare, Email
Archive collection
CHM Oral History Collection
Archive hierarchy
CHM Oral History Collection