Ryan-McFarland: Difference between revisions

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Ryan-McFarland Corporation was founded in 1970 by Don Ryan and David McFarland.

The COBOL-74 compiler was licensed to:

RM/COBOL was released in 1979.

In 1987 the company was acquired by Austec. In 1989 it became a division of Liant Software Corporation.

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-Ryan-McFarland Corporation was founded in 1970. Later it became a division of [[Liant]] Software.
+Ryan-McFarland Corporation was founded in 1970 by Don Ryan and David McFarland.
+The COBOL-74 compiler was licensed to:
+* NCR IMOS COBOL (1975)
+* Texas Instruments (1976)
+* Zilog (1977)
+* Tandy Corp./Radio Shack RSCOBOL (1978) - TRS-80 Model I, Model III
+* Onyx Systems, Inc. (1979)
+RM/COBOL was released in 1979.
+In 1987 the company was acquired by Austec. In 1989 it became a division of [[Liant]] Software Corporation.
 ==Products==
 *RM/BASIC
 *RM/COBOL-74
-*[[RM/COBOL]]
+*[[RM/COBOL]] - compiler and runtime system
-*RM/CodeBench
+*RM/CodeBench - Windows-based development environment
-*RM/COS
+*RM/Companion - report writer
-*[[RM/FORTRAN]]
+*RM/COS (Commercial Operating System)
-*RM/Panels
+*RM/FORTE
+*[[RM/FORTRAN]] - also marketed by IBM as [[IBM Professional FORTRAN]] and [[IBM FORTRAN/2]]
+*RM/Grafs - business graphics system
+*RM/InfoExpress - file transfer
+*RM/MASTER
+*RM/Panels - interface builder
+*RM/PlusDB - transparent data access
+*RM/Screens
+*VanGui for RM/COBOL
-[[Category:Companies]]
+[[Category:Defunct companies]]