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Sterling Software

Sterling Software was an American software company founded in Dallas, Texas, in 1981 by Sterling Williams and brothers Sam and Charles Wyly. The company was acquired by Computer Associates International in 2000 in a stock-for-stock transaction worth $3.3 billion. Computer Associates sold Sterling Software's Federal Systems Group to Northrop Grumman in 2000.

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Founded
1981
Industry
Software development
Headquarters
Dallas, Texas
Defunct
2000
Fate
Acquired by Computer Associates International
Key people
Sterling Williams · Sam Wyly · Charles Wyly

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Sterling Software

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples31
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

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Sterling Software

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related to External links · 22
Sterling Software → Biography, Charles Babbage Institute, Company Histories, Computer Associates, David Allison, December, Deprecated, Encyclopedia, Inc, Informatics, International Directory, Interview, Minnesota, Official, Oral, Sam Wyly, Sam WylyThomas Derdak, Sterling, University, University Computer Corporation
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Sterling Software → Charles Wyly, Sam Wyly, Sterling Williams
Defunct · 1
Sterling Software → 2000
Fate · 1
Sterling Software → Acquired by Computer Associates International
Founded · 1
Sterling Software → 1981
Headquarters · 1
Sterling Software → Dallas, Texas
Industry · 1
Sterling Software → Software development
Website · 1
Sterling Software → sterling.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 1996-12-31)

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Sterling SoftwareDefunct20001.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareFateAcquired by Computer Associates International1.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareFounded19811.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareHeadquartersDallas, Texas1.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareIndustrySoftware development1.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareKey peopleSterling Williams1.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareKey peopleSam Wyly1.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareKey peopleCharles Wyly1.00infobox
Sterling SoftwareWebsitesterling.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 1996-12-31)1.00infobox
Sterling Softwarerelated to External linksOfficial0.60section
Sterling Softwarerelated to External linksWayback Machine0.60section
Sterling Softwarerelated to External linksOral0.60section

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