Founders
The company was started by 7 founders, some of whom worked on the Multics project at MIT.
- Robert Baron (President)
- Sidney Halligan (VP Sales)
- James Campbell (Director of Marketing)
- Joseph Cashen (VP Hardware Engineering)
- Robert Berkowitz (VP Manufacturing)
- William Poduska (VP Software Engineering)
- John Carter (Director of Human Resources)
The company started with the motto "Software First".
Poduska left in 1981 to start Apollo Computer.
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