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Computer Corporation of America

Computer Corporation of America
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1965; 60 years ago (1965) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Defunct2010; 15 years ago (2010)
FateAcquired by Rocket Software
ProductsDatabase systems

Computer Corporation of America (CCA) was a computer software and database systems company founded in 1965 by Thomas Marill.[1] It was best known for its Model 204 (M204) database system for IBM and compatible mainframes.

It was acquired by Rocket Software in 2010.[2]

Corporate history

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Founded in 1965, Computer Corporation of America (CCA) was a computer software and database systems.[1] with offices in Technology Square, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]

Their primary database product, first deployed in 1972, was Model 204 (M204), which ran on IBM mainframes.[4]: 66 [5] It incorporates a programming language and an environment for application development.

CCA operated the ARPANET Datacomputer.

In 1992,[6] CCA purchased the System 1022 and System 1032 assets of Software House; these database systems were designed for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-10 and VAX systems, respectively.[7]

In 1984, CCA was purchased by Crowntek, a Toronto-based company.[8] Crowntek sold Computer Corporation of America's Advanced Information Technology division to Xerox Corporation in 1988.[9]

The balance of CCA was acquired by Rocket Software, a Boston-based developer of enterprise infrastructure products,[2] in April 2010.[10]

CCA EMACS

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Early ads for CCA EMACS (Computer Corporation of America) (Steve Zimmerman) appeared in 1984.[11] CCA EMACS was originally based on Warren Montgomery's EMACS, but was gradually rewritten so that by the time of its commercial release in 1983, none of Montgomery's code was present anymore.[12] CCA EMACS was written to emulate the original PDP-10 EMACS (written by Richard Stallman) as closely as possible, while adding many new commands as well. In 1984, in a competition with other versions of Emacs, it won a site license from MIT for their Project Athena.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Company Overview of Computer Corporation of America". Bloomberg.com.
  2. ^ a b http://www.ebizq.net/news/12526.html; acquired June 13, 2010
  3. ^ Fox Butterfield (October 20, 1985). "High technology boom building up Cambridge". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Gina Scinta (2005-10-10). "Model 204 v6r1: Opening New Doors" (PDF). Computer Corporation of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  5. ^ "Model 204, A Novel DBMS and Application Platform". Sirius Software. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
  6. ^ "CCA Corporate Info". cca-int.com. Archived from the original on 1999-02-09.
  7. ^ "System 1022 Database System".
  8. ^ Allen Kent; James G. Williams (1989). Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 3.
  9. ^ "Company News: Xerox acquisition". The New York Times. August 25, 1988.
  10. ^ "Rocket Software Closes Acquisition of Computer Corporation of America". Businesswire. 2010-04-23. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
  11. ^ "Emacs". December 17, 2017.
  12. ^ Steve Zimmerman (June 13, 1983). "Important notice for EMACS users".