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Browsing by Subject "Tymshare, Inc."

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    Oral history interview with Ann Hardy
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2012-04-03) Hardy, Ann
    Tymshare, Inc., senior executive Ann Hardy discusses her prior work on IBM Stretch, and at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (later renamed Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), before focusing on Tymshare, where she was one of the first employees at start-up Tymshare and became one of the highest ranking women executives of a major IT firm in the 1970s. Her interview details the technical, strategic, and organizational history of the company—including her programming effort with Verne Van Vlear to get the start-up’s initial time-sharing system operational. The interview also offers perspectives on TYMNET and Tymshare’s acquisitions.
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    Oral history interview with David Schmidt
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2012-04-05) Schmidt, David
    Co-founder of Tymshare, David Schmidt, reflects on his early career, the founding of Tymshare, and the firm’s technology, key personnel, competitive environment, and early growth before leaving to found Mascor.
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    Oral history interview with Norman Hardy
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2012-04-04) Hardy, Norman
    Norman Hardy, one of the early and continuing technical leaders at Tymshare, Inc, discusses technological and organizational development of the company. Among the topics discussed are the adoption of new systems – SDS 940, DEC PDP-10, IBM 370 – and the development and evaluation of TYMNET. He also discusses early context to time-sharing, the long-term challenges of the proprietary network model in light of the internet and applications.
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    Oral history interview with Ronald W. Braniff
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2012-04-05) Braniff, Ronald W.
    Ron Braniff joined Tymshare near the start as a salesman and went on to be a sales manager and held executive roles with the firm. He discusses sales organization, changing customer base, TYMNET, competitors, acquisitions, and other aspects of Tymshare’s technology and management.
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    Oral history interview with Thomas J. O'Rourke
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 1987-05-29) O'Rourke, Thomas J.; Bruemmer, Bruce
    O'Rourke describes his work in sales for General Electric's Computer Department. In this context he discusses the development of ERMA, the GE210 computer, and check sorting machines, notes the contributions of R. R. Johnson and recalls the influence of Al Zipf and the Bank of America in improving check sorting technology. O'Rourke also recalls his decision to form Tymshare.
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    Oral history interview with Warren Prince
    (Charles Babbage Institute, 2012-04-04) Prince, Warren
    Warren Prince was an executive at Tymshare and served as the leader of TYMNET. He served on the management team at McDonnell Douglas after it acquired TYMNET. The interview concentrates on TYMNET’s history and explaining and providing context to some of the documents he provided for the interview.