Title:
RAMIS and NOMAD--National CSS

Date:
2005-05-20

Pages:
54 p.

Interviewer:
Grad, Burton; interviewer and editor
Bayles, Dick; interviewee
Boykin, Judd; interviewee
Feinleib, Harold; interviewee
Pisarro, Nick; interviewee
Rawlings, Nick; interviewee

Abstract:
Five of the National CSS principals participated in a recorded telephone conference call with a moderator addressing the history of the company’s use of RAMIS and development of NOMAD. The licensing of RAMIS from Mathematica and the reasons for building their own product are discussed as well as the marketing of RAMIS for developing applications and then the ongoing revenue from using these applications. The development of NOMAD is discussed in detail along with its initial introduction into the marketplace as a new offering not as a migration from RAMIS. The later history of NOMAD is reviewed, including the failure to build a successor product and the inability to construct a viable PC version of NOMAD.

Keywords:
Bayles, Dick
Boykin, Judd
Feinleib, Harold
Pisarro, Nick
Rawlings, Nick
Orenstein, Richard
Glazer, Richard
Weissman, Robert
National CSS
NCSS
Dun & Bradstreet
RAMIS
NOMAD
Mathematica
Cohen, Gerry
VP/CCS
VM/CMS
COBOL Debug
FORTRAN Debug
FOCUS
Information Builders, Inc.
IBI

Rights:
Software Industry Special Industry Group – IT Corporate Histories Project

102658182

Title:
RAMIS and NOMAD--National CSS

Date:
2005-05-20

Pages:
54 p.

Interviewer:
Grad, Burton; interviewer and editor
Bayles, Dick; interviewee
Boykin, Judd; interviewee
Feinleib, Harold; interviewee
Pisarro, Nick; interviewee
Rawlings, Nick; interviewee

Abstract:
Five of the National CSS principals participated in a recorded telephone conference call with a moderator addressing the history of the company’s use of RAMIS and development of NOMAD. The licensing of RAMIS from Mathematica and the reasons for building their own product are discussed as well as the marketing of RAMIS for developing applications and then the ongoing revenue from using these applications. The development of NOMAD is discussed in detail along with its initial introduction into the marketplace as a new offering not as a migration from RAMIS. The later history of NOMAD is reviewed, including the failure to build a successor product and the inability to construct a viable PC version of NOMAD.

Keywords:
Bayles, Dick
Boykin, Judd
Feinleib, Harold
Pisarro, Nick
Rawlings, Nick
Orenstein, Richard
Glazer, Richard
Weissman, Robert
National CSS
NCSS
Dun & Bradstreet
RAMIS
NOMAD
Mathematica
Cohen, Gerry
VP/CCS
VM/CMS
COBOL Debug
FORTRAN Debug
FOCUS
Information Builders, Inc.
IBI

Rights:
Software Industry Special Industry Group – IT Corporate Histories Project

102658182