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Applied Data Research

Applied Data Research, Inc. (ADR), was a large software vendor from the 1960s until the mid-1980s. ADR is often described as "the first independent software vendor".

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Founded
1959
Headquarters
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Defunct
1986
Fate
Acquired
Founder
Martin Goetz, Sherman Blumenthal, Ellwood Kauffman, Dave McFadden, Bernard Riskin, Robert Wickenden, and Stephen Wright
Services
independent contract programming

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First software patent

ADR IBM lawsuit

The Librarian

Vollie

Roscoe

Compass

Datacom/DB and IDEAL

Dispute with Nixdorf

Acquired, twice

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Applied Data Research

Nodes50
Edges49
Triples8
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.04
Components1

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Applied Data Research

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Defunct · 1
Applied Data Research → 1986
Fate · 1
Applied Data Research → Acquired
Founded · 1
Applied Data Research → 1959
Founder · 1
Applied Data Research → Martin Goetz, Sherman Blumenthal, Ellwood Kauffman, Dave McFadden, Bernard Riskin, Robert Wickenden, and Stephen Wright
Headquarters · 1
Applied Data Research → Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Services · 1
Applied Data Research → independent contract programming
Successor · 1
Applied Data Research → Ameritech

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Applied Data ResearchDefunct19861.00infobox
Applied Data ResearchFateAcquired1.00infobox
Applied Data ResearchFounded19591.00infobox
Applied Data ResearchFounderMartin Goetz, Sherman Blumenthal, Ellwood Kauffman, Dave McFadden, Bernard Riskin, Robert Wickenden, and Stephen Wright1.00infobox
Applied Data ResearchHeadquartersPrinceton, New Jersey, United States1.00infobox
Applied Data ResearchServicesindependent contract programming1.00infobox
Applied Data ResearchSuccessorAmeritech1.00infobox
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