June 2-3, 2009
Mountain View, CA
On June 2-3, 2009, the Software Industry Special Industry Group conducted a two-day meeting for pioneers from companies that provided time-sharing and remote processing services. The meeting was held at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA and included eleven workshop sessions on focused on various aspects of founding and growing these businesses. 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:
| Bayles, Richard | LaHay, Ed |
| Belvin, Frank | McDonald, Chris |
| Brook, Chris | McJones, Paul |
| Crandall, Rick | Myers, Gary |
| Grad, Burton | Orenstein, Dick |
| Haigh, Thomas | Rawlings, Nick |
| Hardy, Ann | Ross, Ken |
| Hardy, Norm | Schmidt, Dave |
| Humphries, Mike | Stein, Jeffery |
| Jerger, Doug | Wyman, Mike |
| Johnson, Luanne |
Workshops:
Marketing and Sales: Initial Market Opportunities
Operations: Communications and Platforms
Marketing and Sales: Adapting to Changing Markets
The Demise and Legacy of TS/RPS
Companies Represented:
Comshare, General Electric Information Services, Interactive Data Corp., National CSS, On-Line Business Systems, Ross Systems, Tymshare