Title
Minicomputer Software Workshop : session 2 - DEC-DG Business Growth
Catalog Number
102738008
Type
Document
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.
Date
2008-03-03
Contributor
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Albert, Gerard, historian
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Grad, Burt, moderator
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Gustafson, Paul, participant
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Haigh, Thomas, historian
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Hensley, Joe, participant
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Hines, Karol, participant
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Jerger, Doug, SI SIG
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Johnson, Luanne, participant
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LaHay, Edward, SI SIG
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Mahoney, Michael, historian
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Marcus, Michael, editor
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Phillips, Jan, participant
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Phillips, John, participant
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Ray, Bruce, participant
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Ross, Kenneth, participant
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Schachter, Oscar H., participant
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Walsh, Ian, historian
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Mountain View, California
Extent
44 p.
Format
PDF
Copyright Holder
Software Industry Special Interest Group
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.
Collection Title
CHM Oral history collection
Credit
Software Industry Special Interest Group
