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Sorcim

Sorcim Corporation was an early start-up company in Silicon Valley, founded in June 1980 by Richard Frank, Paul McQuesten, Martin Herbach, Anil Lakhwara, and Steve Jasik - all former Control Data Corporation employees working in the Language Group in Sunnyvale, CA. Jasik left company early on, to develop the MacNosy product for the Macintosh.

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Early history

MicrocomputerCP/M808080858086
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New management establishes future directions

OEMSkunkworksSymbolicsLISPFortran
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The birth of SuperCalc

Adam OsborneLee FelsensteinBIOSOsborne 1VisiCalc
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Additional financing

Alan CooperApple IIcAT&TUNIX PC3B2
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Founded
June 1980 (1980-06)
Founders
Richard Frank · Paul McQuesten · Martin Herbach · Anil Lakhwara · Steve Jasik
Industry
Software
Defunct
1984
Fate
acquired by Computer Associates in 1985
Type
Private

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Early history

The birth of SuperCalc

Executive restructuring

The company makes plans to move beyond CP/M

New management establishes future directions

SuperCalc3 porting sales

Additional financing

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Sorcim

Nodes81
Edges80
Triples104
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024691
Components1

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Sorcim

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related to Additional financing · 23
Sorcim → Alan Cooper, Apple IIc, AT, But, By, Compaq, DOS, IBM, In, Newly, Non-standard, Osborne, Pascal/M, Paul McQuesten's SuperCalc3, Revenues, SuperCalc3, SuperProject, SuperWriter, The, These
related to The birth of SuperCalc · 22
Sorcim → Adam, Adam Osborne, Adam Osborne's, April, Bill Godbout, CHILL, CP/M BIOS, Fall, Gary Balleisen, His, In, Lee Felsenstein, Osborne, Osborne BIOS, Richard Frank, Siemens, SuperCalc, The, This, VisiCalc
related to history · 21
Sorcim → ACT, Atari, Bill, Bill Godbout, Commodore PET, CP/M, Digicom, Friday, Godbout, Godbout S100, IBM PC, In, Intel, MS-DOS, Pascal/M, Paul, Richard, The, The Digicom, Z8000
related to SuperCalc3 porting sales · 17
Sorcim → After SC3, At, But, By, CP/M, DOS, IBM, Lotus, Management, Microsoft, OEM, OEM CP/M, Retail, Sales, SuperCalc2, The, These
related to The company makes plans to move beyond CP/M · 10
Sorcim → April, CP/M, CP/M-86, IBM PC, Lotus, Sales, SuperCalc, SuperCalc2, VisiCalc, With
Founders · 5
Sorcim → Anil Lakhwara, Martin Herbach, Paul McQuesten, Richard Frank, Steve Jasik
Defunct · 1
Sorcim → 1984
Fate · 1
Sorcim → acquired by Computer Associates in 1985
Founded · 1
Sorcim → June 1980 (1980-06)
Industry · 1
Sorcim → Software

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company supercalc cp new early computer 1-2-3 products sales time needed product citation 1983 osborne software richard market management supercalc3

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SorcimDefunct19841.00infobox
SorcimFateacquired by Computer Associates in 19851.00infobox
SorcimFoundedJune 1980 (1980-06)1.00infobox
SorcimFoundersRichard Frank1.00infobox
SorcimFoundersPaul McQuesten1.00infobox
SorcimFoundersMartin Herbach1.00infobox
SorcimFoundersAnil Lakhwara1.00infobox
SorcimFoundersSteve Jasik1.00infobox
SorcimIndustrySoftware1.00infobox
SorcimTypePrivate1.00infobox
Sorcimrelated to Additional financingThroughout0.60section
Sorcimrelated to Additional financingNewly0.60section

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