Applied Data Research, Software Products Division records 1959-1987

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Applied Data Research, Software Products Division records 1959-1987

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The collection consists of company records and subject materials accumulated by Martin A. Goetz during his twenty-eight year (1959-1987) career with the company. The collection documents the Software Products Division's involvement in the development of the software industry, its activities relating to patent and copyright protections for software, separate pricing for software and hardware, bundling, antitrust issues, and relations with IBM.

29 boxes (8.5 cubic feet)

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University of Minnesota Libraries. Charles Babbage Institute.

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Applied Data Research. Software Products Division.

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Goetz, Martin A., 1930-,

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Martin A. Goetz, (1930 - ), software industry pioneer. In 1959, Goetz joined six other former UNIVAC I programmers to found Applied Data Research (ADR). Goetz was senior programmer and project manager at ADR from 1959-1965 and senior vice president and director of the Software Products Division from 1965-1984. He became president of the company in 1984. Goetz was awarded the first U.S. patent for a software computer program for his Sorting System in 1968. He received a s...