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ビジコープ（英: VisiCorp）は、初期のパーソナルコンピュータ向けソフトウェア企業。VisiCalc や VisiOn といった製品で知られている。 1976年、Dan Fylstra と Peter R. Jennings が設立した Personal Software 社が始まりである。同社は Jennings が開発したコンピュータチェスプログラム Microchess を販売していた。対応機種は当初モステクノロジーのKIM-1だったが、後に PET 2001、Apple IIへと移植された。その後、様々なゲームやアプリケーションを開発・販売していく。1979年にリリースした VisiCalc が大ヒットとなり、同社は社名を VisiCorp に改めた。 VisiCorp は、VisiCalc の開発元 Software Arts との訴訟の後、Pallidan Software に売却された。
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| dbo:abstract | Visicorp (Eigenschreibweise VisiCorp) war ein Softwarehersteller, der das weltweit erste Tabellenkalkulationsprogramm Visicalc auf den Markt brachte. Visicorp wurde 1976 von Dan Fylstra unter dem Namen Personal Software gegründet. Fylstra betrieb das Unternehmen neben seinem Studium an der Harvard Business School in Cambridge (Massachusetts). 1978 übernahm das Unternehmen den Vertrieb von Microchess, einem Schachprogramm, welches seit Dezember 1976 von Micro-Ware Ltd. für verschiedene Mikrocomputer angeboten wurde und beteiligte dessen Entwickler, Peter Jennings, am Unternehmen. Es finanzierte die Entwicklung der ersten Tabellenkalkulation für Mikrocomputer, die von Dan Bricklin und Bob Frankston unter dem Unternehmensnamen (Firma) programmiert wurde. Visicorp erhielt die Vertriebsrechte für dieses Produkt, erstellte die Anleitung und brachte es im Oktober 1979 auf den Markt. Der Unternehmenssitz wurde Anfang 1979 von Massachusetts ins kalifornische Silicon Valley verlegt. 1982 wurde die Firma des Unternehmens aufgrund des Erfolges von Visicalc in Visicorp geändert. Ein weiteres Produkt von Visicorp, Visi on, wurde im Dezember 1983 veröffentlicht. Visi on war eines der ersten GUIs für Personal Computer. Managementfehler und ein kostspieliges Gerichtsverfahren mit Software Arts führten ab Ende 1983 zu steigenden Verlusten, die im Jahr 1984 schließlich zum Zusammenbruch und in der Folge zur Übernahme des Unternehmens durch Control Data Corporation führte. (de) ビジコープ（英: VisiCorp）は、初期のパーソナルコンピュータ向けソフトウェア企業。VisiCalc や VisiOn といった製品で知られている。 1976年、Dan Fylstra と Peter R. Jennings が設立した Personal Software 社が始まりである。同社は Jennings が開発したコンピュータチェスプログラム Microchess を販売していた。対応機種は当初モステクノロジーのKIM-1だったが、後に PET 2001、Apple IIへと移植された。その後、様々なゲームやアプリケーションを開発・販売していく。1979年にリリースした VisiCalc が大ヒットとなり、同社は社名を VisiCorp に改めた。 VisiCorp は、VisiCalc の開発元 Software Arts との訴訟の後、Pallidan Software に売却された。 (ja) VisiCorp was an early personal computer software publisher. Its most famous products were Microchess, Visi On and VisiCalc. It was founded in 1976 by Dan Fylstra and Peter R. Jennings as Personal Software, and first published Jennings' Microchess program for the MOS Technology KIM-1 computer, and later Commodore PET, Apple II, TRS-80 and Atari 8-bit. In 1979 it released VisiCalc, which would be so successful that in 1982 the company was renamed VisiCorp Personal Software, Inc.. * VisiCalc was the first electronic spreadsheet for personal computers, developed by Software Arts and published by VisiCorp. * Visi On was the first GUI for the IBM PC. Bill Gates came to see Visi On at a trade show, and this seems what inspired him to create a windowed GUI for Microsoft. VisiCorp was larger than Microsoft at the time, and the two companies entered negotiations to merge, but could not agree on who would sit on the board of directors. Microsoft Windows when it was released included a wide range of drivers, so it could run on many different PC's, while Visi On cost more, and had stricter system requirements. Lotus released Lotus 1-2-3 in 1983. Microsoft eventually released its own spreadsheet Microsoft Excel. Early alumni of this company included Ed Esber who would later run Ashton-Tate, Bill Coleman who would found BEA Systems, Mitch Kapor founder of Lotus Software and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Rich Melmon who would co-found Electronic Arts, Bruce Wallace author of Asteroids in Space, and Brad Templeton who would found early dot-com company ClariNet and was the director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation from 2000 to 2010. VisiCorp agreed in 1979 to pay 36-50% of VisiCalc revenue to Software Arts, compared to typical software royalties of 8-12%. It composed 70% of VisiCorp revenue in 1982 and 58% in 1983. By 1984 InfoWorld stated that although VisiCorp's $43 million in 1983 sales made it the world's fifth-largest microcomputer-software company, it was "a company under siege" with "rapidly declining" VisiCalc sales and mediocre Visi On sales. The magazine wrote that "VisiCorp's auspicious climb and subsequent backslide will no doubt become a How Not To primer for software companies of the future, much like Osborne Computer's story has become the How Not To for the hardware industry." VisiCorp was sold to Paladin Software after a legal feud between Software Arts and VisiCorp. (en) VisiCorp was een vroege uitgever van software voor de personal computer. De meeste befaamde producten zijn Visi On en VisiCalc. Het bedrijf werd opgericht in 1976 door onder de naam Personal Software, en werd later hernoemd tot "VisiCorp" door het succes van VisiCalc. * VisiCalc was de eerste spreadsheet, ontwikkeld door Software Arts en uitgegeven VisiCorp. * Visi On was de eerste GUI voor de IBM PC. (nl) |
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| rdfs:comment | ビジコープ（英: VisiCorp）は、初期のパーソナルコンピュータ向けソフトウェア企業。VisiCalc や VisiOn といった製品で知られている。 1976年、Dan Fylstra と Peter R. Jennings が設立した Personal Software 社が始まりである。同社は Jennings が開発したコンピュータチェスプログラム Microchess を販売していた。対応機種は当初モステクノロジーのKIM-1だったが、後に PET 2001、Apple IIへと移植された。その後、様々なゲームやアプリケーションを開発・販売していく。1979年にリリースした VisiCalc が大ヒットとなり、同社は社名を VisiCorp に改めた。 VisiCorp は、VisiCalc の開発元 Software Arts との訴訟の後、Pallidan Software に売却された。 (ja) VisiCorp was een vroege uitgever van software voor de personal computer. De meeste befaamde producten zijn Visi On en VisiCalc. Het bedrijf werd opgericht in 1976 door onder de naam Personal Software, en werd later hernoemd tot "VisiCorp" door het succes van VisiCalc. * VisiCalc was de eerste spreadsheet, ontwikkeld door Software Arts en uitgegeven VisiCorp. * Visi On was de eerste GUI voor de IBM PC. (nl) Visicorp (Eigenschreibweise VisiCorp) war ein Softwarehersteller, der das weltweit erste Tabellenkalkulationsprogramm Visicalc auf den Markt brachte. Visicorp wurde 1976 von Dan Fylstra unter dem Namen Personal Software gegründet. Fylstra betrieb das Unternehmen neben seinem Studium an der Harvard Business School in Cambridge (Massachusetts). 1978 übernahm das Unternehmen den Vertrieb von Microchess, einem Schachprogramm, welches seit Dezember 1976 von Micro-Ware Ltd. für verschiedene Mikrocomputer angeboten wurde und beteiligte dessen Entwickler, Peter Jennings, am Unternehmen. Es finanzierte die Entwicklung der ersten Tabellenkalkulation für Mikrocomputer, die von Dan Bricklin und Bob Frankston unter dem Unternehmensnamen (Firma) programmiert wurde. Visicorp erhielt die Vertriebsrechte (de) VisiCorp was an early personal computer software publisher. Its most famous products were Microchess, Visi On and VisiCalc. It was founded in 1976 by Dan Fylstra and Peter R. Jennings as Personal Software, and first published Jennings' Microchess program for the MOS Technology KIM-1 computer, and later Commodore PET, Apple II, TRS-80 and Atari 8-bit. In 1979 it released VisiCalc, which would be so successful that in 1982 the company was renamed VisiCorp Personal Software, Inc.. (en) |
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