More than 100 ISVs Announce Support for Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing
June 24, 1991 — Microsoft Corp. Monday announced that more than 100 independent software vendors (ISVs) have committed to produce applications that take advantage of specific pen features in Microsoft Windows graphical environment for Pen Computing.
Windows for Pens, a set of extensions to the Microsoft Windows environment, is a graphical operating environment designed for the new generation of pen computers. It is expected to ship by year end. ”Broad industry support is fundamental to the success of the emerging pen computing industry,” said Jeff Raikes, vice president of office systems at Microsoft. ”Windows for Pens has achieved such broad support, first through commitments from 21 OEMs, and now with this incredible showing of ISV support. We are especially pleased to see the breadth of markets and software categories represented.”
Windows for Pens application developers are choosing a variety of methods to fully exploit the pen — from adding enhancements such as annotation to existing Windows environment-based applications to creating new pen-centric applications. In addition to pointing, tapping, and dragging, users can even use gestures to issue commands and enter handwritten text with the more than 1,200 existing unmodified Windows-based applications available today.
Leading Software Vendors and Pen-based Startups to Offer a Variety of General Business Applications
All Windows ISVs listed below have announced plans to support Windows for Pens by adding enhancements such as handwriting edit controls, scribble fields, or shape recognizers, to existing and/or planned products to explicitly take advantage of the pen.
Company Name ISV Category Contact Phone Number
1Soft Corp. PIM Gregory Thorne 707/987-0256
Absolute Solutions Inc. Accounting Richard Shaw 619/966-8000
Access Development Transaction Proces. John Jancaitis 617/332-7200
Access Technology Inc. Productivity Software Carl Schwarcz 508/655-9191
Adept Computer Solutions Inc. Mapping Scott Pickett 619/270-4900
Advanced Software Inc. Document Comparison Jeff Cherniss 800/346-5392
AEON Software Charts Maurice Tomkinson 0044-270-760029
Aldus Corporation DTP Pam Miller 206/622-5500
Andersen Consulting & Software Imaging Capturing Laura Stifel 509/427-5335
Archetype Inc. DTP Jon Smestad 617/890-7544
BergenShaw Int'l TBA Jim Shaw 408/371-9100
Beyond Inc. E-mail/ Groupware Eugene Lee 617/621-0095
BLOC Development Forms Peter Preksto 800/866-2562
Borland Int'l Multipurpose Jamie Strohecker 408/439-2096
Campbell Services Inc. Time Management Craig Suttles 415/644-3837
CASEWORKS Inc. Development Tool Terry Flaherty 404/399-6236
Chartersoft Presentat. Graphics Timothy Grayson 204/453-4444
Communicate Limited Communications Bill Hopkins 44/344-20435
Computer Support Corp. Graphics Gail McCannon 214/661-8960
Computervision CAD John Hirschtick 617/225-0422
Corel Systems Corp. Graphics Paul Bodnoff 613/728-8200
CPI Image-In Graphics Patrick Serex 022/436-800
Cube Systems Consulting Services CAD/Engin-eering Appl. Dr. Mehmet Balta 613/236-7067
Da Vinci Systems Corp. Communications Christopher Evans 919/881-4320
DSB GmbH Office Automation Hans-jurgen Oertwig 0049-421-2208162
DeLorme Mapping Systems Navigation Ann Semonite 207/865-4171
Delrina Technology Inc. Forms Josef Zankowicz 416/441-3676
DINE Systems Inc. Nutrition Dr. Darwin Dennison 716/688-2492
Eikon Systems Inc. Graphics Utilities Jeff Galvin 415/349-4664
Faxworks Fax Rick Todd 816/463-2021
FormMaker Software Inc. Electronic Forms Charles Hurlong 404/434-6180
FormWorx Forms Claudine Belsky 617/890-4499
Fractal Design Corp. Graphics Steve Thomas 408/655-8800
FreeStone Inc. Database Kevin Harvey 415/368-0191
FutureSoft Communications Eric Grayson 713/267-7219
Future Tech Systems Inc. Development Tools John Howland 206/939-7552
GA SEER Technology Project Mgmt. Wellington Kao 213/670-3404
GeoGraphix Inc. Mapping David Armitage 303/296-0596
Geotech Computer Systems Database Mgmt. Doug Spriggs 303/740-9432
GEOVISION Inc. Mapping Kenneth Shain 404/448-8224
Gilbert & Associates Consulting Krista Mohr 213/454-7679
Halcyon Software Graphics Don Hsi 408/984-1499
hDC Computer Corp. Utilities Lisa Zindel 206/885-5550
IBM Desktop Software Time Mgmt. Carmine Cordella 203/783-7752
Image Software Imaging/Publ. Lisa Wood 415/735-2018
IMRS, Inc. Financial Cynthia Scher 203/323-6500
Inductel, Inc. Dictionary Allan Pekary 408/866-8016
Infinity Software Inc. Time & Billing Randy Black 214/556-1395
Ink Development TBA Matt Kursh 415/573-5166
IntelliLink, Inc. Connectivity Keith Crozier 508/264-9943
InterTech Imaging Corp. Multipurpose Eli Gruber 404/640-0555
JetForm Corp. Forms Barry Gillespie 613/594-3026
Keyfile Corp. Imaging/Workflow Chris Morgan 617/739-3352
KIDASA Software Inc. Project Mgmt. Susan Butler 512/328-0167
Knowledge-Based Solutions Consulting Randy Parker 617/566-2451
KPMG Peat Marwick Profes. Productivity Vincent Grieco 212/872-6646
Lantern Corp. Mapping Janja Husar 314/725-6125
Lasergraphics Inc. Slide Presentation Candice Tuttle 714/727-2651
LBMS Inc. Development Tool CherylBantleman 713/623-0414
Locus Systems Keyboard Enhancers Jay Cassara 914/736-2106
MathSoft Technical Calc. Gordon Gossage 617/577-1017
Maxwell Electronic Publ. Publishing/MM David Roh 617/661-2955
MCAE Technologies Inc. CAD Shyamal Roy 408/748-0334
Merasoft Corp. System Autom. Steven Russo 801/225-9951
MicroCal Inc. Charts Chao Ping Yang 413/586-7720
Microcom Connectivity Raju Gulabani 617/551-1894
MicroComputer Resources PIM Don Norwood 408/243-9428
Micrografx Graphics Katrina Krebs 214/497-6247
Microsoft Applications Div. Bus. Productivity Connie Ballmer 206/637-9097
Micro Synergy Int'l Inc. Graphics John Mather 714/476-0455
Mirus Industries Corp. Slide Presentation Bruce Mackay 408/944-9770
Montage Info. Systems Inc. Mapping Ronald Lingerfelt 404/840-0183
NBI Inc. Word Processing Roger Oberg 303/444-5710
Neuron Data Inc. Applications Dev. Nick Halsey 415/321-4488
New England Software Graphics Bjorn Nordwell 203/625-0062
NewQuest Technologies Inc. PIM Kevin Carmony 801/476-9269
NKR Research Inc. Bus. Productivity Faruq Ahmad 408/249-2612
Okna PIM Konstantin Monaslyrsky 201/460-0677
On The Go Software Expense Mgmt. Robert Crumpler 213/578-9595
OutRider Systems Development Tool Jim Nech 713/521-0486
ParcPlace Systems Development Tool Douglas Pollack 415/691-6700
PennComp Inc. Word Proc. Util. Laurie Mauch 713/669-1013
PenSoft PIM Dana Mitchell 415/358-1575
Photonics Connectivity Sonja Bacchus 408/376-2203
Polaris Software PIM Chad Kenzelberg 619/743-7800
Power Up! Software Corp. Multipurpose Judy Merrill 415/345-5900
Prisma Software Corp. Contact Mgmt. Systems Dan Chiattello 319/266-7141
Promised Land Technologies Inc. Statistics Bill Higgins 203/562-7335
Publishing Technologies Inc. Windows Shell Marshall Spires 512/346-2835
Quill Software Document Mgmt. John Page 408/741-3480
Reference Software Int'l Text Processing Scott Sedlik 415/541-0222
RFF Electronics Charts Roger Faaborg 303/663-5767
Slate Corp. Pen-centric Apps Dottie Hall 602/443-7322
SoftSource CAD Gary Rohrabaugh 206/676-0999
Softview Forms Phil Taylor 805/385-4923
Software Publishing Corp. Bus. Productivity Mary Jane Reiter 415/335-6640
Style! Division, Alias Research Inc. 3D Design Products Bryan Pearson 416-362-9181
Stylos Development Corp. Graphics Roger Clay 415/927-7623
SuperScript Inc. Development Tool Mark Graffam 617/876-0787
Symbologic Corp. Development Tool Craig Chelius 206/881-3938
Threadz – Organizer PIM Ross Holman 44-0628-29129
Traveling Software Connectivity Marci Maule 206/483-8088
U-Lead Systems Inc. Graphics Rosemary Bach 213/538-8911
Ventura Software DTP Lydia A. Chaverin 619/673-7523
Visual Solutions CAD Carol Valentine 508/692-5499
Wilson WindowWare Inc. Time Management Morrie Wilson 206/938-1740
Wolfram Research Inc. Mathematical Software Tom Sherlock 217/398-0700
WordStar Int'l. Inc. Word Processing Eileen Ebner 415/358-8535
ZSoft Corp. Graphics/Image Proc. Patricia Parker 404/428-0008
Vertical Markets Show Immediate Need for Mobile Computing
The following Windows for Pens ISVs represent a variety of vertical markets and applications for field automation. The portability of notebook computers and the familiarity of the pen will greatly increase the productivity of these mobile workers, one of the most important early markets for pen computing.
Company Name ISV Category Contact Phone Number
ADP Automative Claim Services Insurance Donna O'Donnell 415/866-1100
Auto-Graph Computer CAD/ Kitchen & Bath John Rutter 606/269-8585
Biophysics Medical Gene Nelson 216/891-8809
Byers Engineering Co. Utilities/ Telecommun Frank Fortson 404/843-1000
CAD Forms Technology Utilities John Notarianni 516/673-7523
CAP-Electronic Sweet's Facility Mgmt. Craig Soderstrom 616/454-0000
Comelog Swiss Field Automation Daniele Ramanen 4122731-9718
Compare Data Systems Medical Dennis Rieger 213/829-3463
DATA Dendrite Americas Government Healthcare Dr.C.Thomas Savell 619/931-9511 Dennis Borst 908/560-2914
Envoy Systems Corp. Sales Automation Jacki Katzman 617/890-1444
Fastech Consumer Goods Dave Grooters 215/565-3405
Hyperception, Inc. CAD/Engineering Jim Zachman 214/343-8525
InSync Consulting Group Medical Scott Cooper 213/399-8899
Joseph McCall & Co. Medical Insurance Scott J. Brady 404/352-4241
Logica Data Architects Inc. Insurance/ Financial Peg Lynch 617/890-7730
Order It! Sales Automation John Levis 314/432-7205
PI Systems Medical/Financial JessicaRosebrugh 503/293-9585
Sales Technologies Sales Automation Githese Ramamurthy 404/841-4801
Walsh America Pharmaceutical John Satterly 203/357-7895
WindoWare! Inc. Market Applications Mickey Schmidt 804/886-0116
Several Handwriting Recognition Engines Offered for Windows for Pens
A unique design point of Windows for Pens is the modular nature of its handwriting recognition engine. Customers will have the option of choosing from engines from the following vendors, which will be designed to be easily plugged into Windows for Pens. This will enable early availability of Windows for Pens in a wide range of foreign languages as well as a competitive market for English language recognizers.
Company Name ISV Category Contact Phone Number
Advanced Recognition Techno. Inc. Recognition Meir Burstin 972-3-543 -4646
The Bear Group Recognition George Moore 415/572-1044
CIC Recognition Marie Martin 415/328-1311
Microsoft Corp. Recognition Connie Ballmer 206/637-9097
Nestor Recognition David Wright 401/331-9640
OCR Systems Inc. Recognition Sally Dunn 215/938-7460
Perception Software Corp. Recognition Scott Heide 508/359-5809
echnibuild Recognition Bill Bridgers 609/921-2001
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