Title:
ADAPSO Reunion Workshop: Banking Litigation and Issues of the 1960s

Date:
2002-05-04

Pages:
21 p.

Interviewer:
Goldstein, Bernie; moderator
Bergin, Tim; moderator, historian
Dent, T. Lowell; participant
Johnson, Luanne; participant
Lautenberg, Frank; participant
Markoski, Joe; participant
Nugent, Mike; participant
Allison, David; historian
Johnson, Julie; rapporteur
Johnson, Luanne; editor

Abstract:
A group of former CEO’s of computer software product and services companies discuss the formation of ADAPSO and how fighting against the policy of allowing banks to offer computer services became the first significant issue of the organization. The win against unfair banking competition and the fights which followed against IBM, accounting firms and Microsoft led to one of the strongest times in ADAPSO’s history. The participants then discuss the growth in specialized computer services companies and how ADAPSO was comprised of entrepreneurs that led to the growth of that industry. Finally, they talk about the effects that winning the fight against banks had on the computer services industry.

Keywords:
ADAPSO
Dent, T. Lowell
Goldstein, Bernie
Lautenberg, Frank
Johnson, Luanne
Markoski, Joe
Nugent, Mike
Wessel, Milt
IBM
Microsoft
Evans, Bill
Patman, Wright
House Banking Committee
ADP

Rights:
Software History Center

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