| Title: |
John Maguire
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| Local code: |
OH 367
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Charles Babbage Institute
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| Collection: |
Charles Babbage Institute Oral History Program
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| Description: |
John Norris Maguire is former founder and President of Software AG of North America, Inc., overseas distributor of the Adabas system. Adabas (from “adaptable database”) is a commercial relational database management system (DBMS) originally developed by Software AG in the late 1960s. The database system was first developed for IBM 360 computers.
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| Extent: |
28 pages
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| URL: |
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/pdf.phtml?id=329
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 2002 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Maguire, John Norris, 1930-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1930
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| Speaker occupation: |
Entrepreneur; President
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| Age at speaking: |
72
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| Document location: |
Washington, D.C.
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| Document date: |
03-May-2002
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| Interviewer: |
Aspray, William
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Computer software; Electric engineering; Engineering; Information technology; North America; Oral history; Software engineering; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0023998-25619
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