Artifact Details

Title

Minicomputer Software Workshop : session 4 - DEC/DG industry relations

Catalog Number

102795857

Type

Document

Description

This is the fourth session of the pioneer meeting on minicomputer software with a panel of software pioneers who specialized in producing software for Digital Equipment Corp. (DEC) and Data General (DG) minicomputers. These companies had vendor relationships with ISVs [independent software vendors] and VARs [value-added resellers]). Panelists discuss these relationships and their program foundations. The pioneers recall technical collaboration, sales force cooperation, contractual requirements and marketing and resale agreements with the manufacturers as well as other business conditions that impacted their success.

Date

2008-03-03

Contributor

Alberts, Gerard, Speaker
Baltes, Cheryl, Editor
Bride, Edward, Editor
Grad, Burt, Moderator
Gustafson, Paul, Speaker
Haigh, Thomas, Speaker
Hensley, Joe, Speaker
Hines, Karol, Speaker
Jerger, Doug, Speaker
Johson, Luanne, Speaker
LaHay, Edward, Speaker
Mahoney, Michael, Speaker
Phillips, Jan, Speaker
Phillips, John, Speaker
Ray, Bruce, Speaker
Ross, Kenneth, Speaker
Schachter, Oscar, Speaker
Walsh, Ian, Speaker

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, CA

Extent

35 p.

Format

PDF

Category

Transcription

Subject

ADAPSO; Advanced computer techniques; application service provider; ASP; client-sever computing; Corel; minicomputers; UNIX; VAR; VAX; software industry

Collection Title

CHM Oral History Collection

Credit

Software Industry Special Interest Group

Lot Number

X4697.2008