June 5, 2008
Mountain View, CA
On June 5, 2008, the Software Industry Special Industry Group convened a meeting at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA of pioneers who had provided software to support HP minicomputers during the 1960s through 1990s. Four workshops were held on topics related to the origins and growth of the HP software industry. The workshops were recorded and the transcripts are being edited to be posted on the Computer History Museum’s Oral History website. The workshops are listed below and links to the transcripts will be added when they have been posted.
Attendees:
| Adamson, Michael | House, Chuck |
| Alberts, Gerard | Jerger, Doug |
| Bergquist, Rick | Klein, Mark |
| Browne, Marty | Mahoney, Michael |
| Bugos, Glenn | Mancini, Anna |
| Cooper, Steve | Mecham, Doug |
| Damm, Jack | Rego, Alfredo |
| Dennis, Steve | Sakakihara, Phil |
| Dunbar, Dave | Seybold, Ron |
| Elder, Nick | Sieler, Stan |
| Gentry, Grace | Thorpe, Harper |
| Gorfinkel, Martin | White, Fred |
| Grad, Burton | Woc, Rene |
Workshops:
Origins of HP Third Party Software Companies (ISVs and VARs)
Starting HP Software Businesses
ISV and VAR Technologies up to the mid-1980s
Business Growth of HP Third Party Software Companies
Companies Represented:
ACT, Argonaut Information Systems, Creative Socio Medics, DEC, Oracle, Ross Systems, Wild Hare