Software:Ovation Technologies
Ovation Technologies was a software company founded in Canton, Massachusetts, in 1983 to create business productivity software for the then-emerging IBM PC and compatible market.[1]
Their intended product, also named "Ovation", was an integrated software suite aiming to compete against the industry leader at the time, Lotus 1-2-3.[2] The company raised several million in capital and secured a distribution agreement with Tandy Corporation, including co-marketing with their line of Tandy 2000 computers.[3][4]
The company made impressive demonstrations, culminating with a high-profile news conference staged at Manhattan's Windows on the World restaurant,[5] but ultimately they were unable to ship their product, and filed for bankruptcy by the end of 1984.[2]
Ovation's most enduring claim to fame may be as what many consider to be the industry's "most notorious" example of vaporware.[5]
Possibly as a knowing reference, "Ovation" was used as the name of a desktop publishing package for the Acorn Archimedes several years later.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "New Companies". Computerworld: p. 90. 1983-10-24. https://books.google.com/books?id=wFqbDqPhSMcC&pg=RA1-PA90. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bartimo, Jim (1984-12-03). "Stoking the Micro Fire". InfoWorld: p. 48. https://books.google.com/books?id=qS4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA47. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
- ↑ Needle, David (1984-02-20). "Late Breaking News". InfoWorld: p. 11. https://books.google.com/books?id=hS4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
- ↑ Alsop, Stewart II (1988-01-18). "Tandy DeskMate: Viva La Small Business". P.C. Letter 4 (2): 9–10. http://vintagecomputer.net/cisc367/PC-Letter_19880118.pdf.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Forbes ASAP Staff (2001-05-28). "Burning Questions, Final Answers". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/asap/2001/0528/024_8.html. Retrieved 2015-03-17.
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