Minicomputer Software Workshop : DEC-DG Business Growth
Catalog Number
102738008
Type
Text
Date
2008-06-03
Contributor
Albert, Gerard, historian
Grad, Burt, moderator
Gustafson, Paul, participant
Haigh, Thomas, historian
Hensley, Joe, participant
Hines, Karol, participant
Jerger, Doug, SI SIG
Johnson, Luanne, participant
LaHay, Edward, SI SIG
Mahoney, Michael, historian
Marcus, Michael, editor
Phillips, Jan, participant
Phillips, John, participant
Ray, Bruce, participant
Ross, Kenneth, participant
Schachter, Oscar H., participant
Walsh, Ian, historian
Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
44 p.
Format
PDF
Copyright Holder
Software Industry Special Interest Group
Description
This workshop explored various ways in which small software and services companies who served the minicomputer market started their businesses. There were a variety of business models ranging from being focused on a particular application or utilities areas, to a specific vertical market, or to timesharing on one platform. In most cases the companies morphed into different areas by covering more platforms, adding software products, or becoming a VAR by selling hardware along with their applications. Later, there were various kinds of joint business ventures and then mergers and acquisitions.
Category
Transcription
Subject
Argonaut; Creative Socio Medic; Data General Corporation (DG); DEC; Hixson, Bill; MUMPS; Ross Systems; Value Added Resellers (VARs); VAX; Vohs, Dennis; Wild Hare Computer Systems, Inc.
