Robert Carr
Author
Co-founder and Vice President, Software
GO Corporation · 1987-1993
Chief Scientist
Ashton-Tate Corporation · 1985-1987
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Person Details
Roles
Author
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company · 1991
Co-founder and Vice President, Software
GO Corporation · 1987-1993
Chief Scientist
Ashton-Tate Corporation · 1985-1987
Artifacts
31 artifacts in the collection
GO Corporation
1993
GO Corporation – Catalog of Products and Services (Letter)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation – Getting Started with PenPoint (Version 1.0)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation – GO Fax Brochure
GO Corporation
1991
GO Corporation – Installing PenPoint Demo Release, Beta Phase 2
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
1992
GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume I
GO Corporation
1991
GO Corporation – PenPoint Introduction Program of Events (Handout)
GO Corporation
1993
GO Corporation – Regis McKenna Clipping Alert (March 22, 1993)
GO Corporation
1991
GO Corporation – The PenPoint Technical Papers
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation – Using PenPoint
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
1992
GO Corporation – PenPoint Application Writing Guide
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
1992
GO Corporation – PenPoint Architectural Reference – Volume II
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation – PenPoint Development Tools
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
1992
GO Corporation – PenPoint User Interface Design Reference
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation 1993 Catalog of Product and Services Participation Request Form
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation Certified Developer Letter
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation Correspondence – PenPoint SDK 1.0a (May 29, 1992)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation Correspondence – Quick Start Program (April 2, 1992)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation PenPoint Developer Programs – SDK 1.0 Beta Phase 2 (Open Me First) Package
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation PenPoint Quick Reference
GO Corporation
1993
GO Corporation PenPointers April 1993 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1993
GO Corporation PenPointers August 1993 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation PenPointers December 1992 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation PenPointers January 1992 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1993
GO Corporation PenPointers June 1993 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation PenPointers June/July 1992 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1993
GO Corporation PenPointers May 1993 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation PenPointers November 1992 (Newsletter)
GO Corporation
1992
GO Corporation PenPointers October 1992 (Newsletter)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
1992
PenPoint Programming (Book)
GO Corporation
1994
Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure Story (Book)
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company
1991
The Power of PenPoint (Book)
Organizations
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Timeline
- Autodesk Announces Vice President of Core Technology Timeline entry ×2 SAUSALITO, Calif. — November 15, 1993 — Autodesk, Inc. announced that starting today, Robert Carr will serve as vice president of core technology. In this role, Carr is responsible for bu …
- Bill Campbell Named President and Chief Executive Officer of GO Corp. Timeline entry … unities for pen-based computing. Reporting directly to Campbell in his new post at GO are Robert Carr, co-founder and vice president of software, Kevin Doren, co-founder and vice president of …
- GO Announces PenPoint Operating System for Mobile Pen-Based Computing Timeline entry … n accuracy. ”Mobile, pen-based computing is much more than handwriting translation,” said Robert Carr, GO vice president of software and co-founder. ”Therefore, we designed PenPoint around th …
- GO Corporation Founded by Jerry Kaplan, Robert Carr, and Kevin Doren Title GO Corporation Founded by Jerry Kaplan, Robert Carr, and Kevin Doren
- GO Licenses AppleTalk Networking Software for its New Operating System Timeline entry … ional connectivity solutions to connect Pen-Point machines into AppleTalk networks,” said Robert Carr, vice president of software engineering at GO Corp. “Over time, PenPoint machines will be …
- Major Computer Companies Join to Promote Worldwide Standard Character Encoding Timeline entry … visionaries: — Lawrence Tesler, vice president advanced products, Apple Computer Inc.; — Robert M. Carr, vice president software development, GO Corp.; — Richard J. Holleman, director of teleco …
- Mobile Pen Computing Seminar Offered by UC Extension Emerging Technology Lecture Series Timeline entry … e connectivity so that users can move from one work site to another without restrictions. Robert Carr, co-founder of GO Corp., will discuss the current and future opportunities for software d …
- NeXT and GRiD Executives Join GO Corp (VP of Marketing and Sales and VP of Operations Appointed) Timeline entry … oys approximately 60 people. In addition to Kaplan, the founding management team includes Robert Carr, vice president of software, and Kevin Doren, vice president of engineering. CONTACT: GO …
- TOPS Announced for GO’s PenPoint Operating System Timeline entry … NES through the PenPoint TOPS client provided. GO vice president of software development, Robert Carr, said, “The PenPoint TOPS client software is an important capability available to users o …
Journal
- A Conversation with aha's Greg Stikeleather Journal article … r sold to the one-time database powerhouse Ashton-Tate. It was here that Stikeleather met Robert Carr, who would later become the co-founder of GO Corp. and chief architect of PenPoint. This …
- A Conversation with ParaGraph's Stepan Pachikov Journal article … d on to the leading mobile computing companies of the day: "Finally, we met Jerry Kaplan, Robert Carr, and other people from GO and gave them a demo. We met people from Intel, and a lot of co …
- And They're Off! Journal article … ty of company founders Jerry Kaplan (former Lotus exec and co-founder of Teknowledge) and Robert Carr (former chief scientist at Ashton-Tate and the developer of Framework). Add last year's l …
- Book Review: The Power of PenPoint Journal article ×3 … mpromise A good place to start your exploration of pen-based computing technology is with Robert Carr and Dan Shafer's book, The Power of PenPoint (Addison-Wesley, 1991). This new book, co-au …
- Data Compatibility Is Key To Success of PenPoint Journal article ×3 … ture in the operating system that can be used by all application developers. According to Robert Carr, one of the founders of GO, PenPoint already addresses this problem at the user level. Th …
- Startup: The Story of GO Corp. Journal article … project to completion. He selected Kevin Doren, along with a rising star in the industry—Robert Carr. While Carr was already employed by the number three software company of the day, Ashton- …
- The EO Personal Communicator: First Impressions Journal article … ng with existing applications such as PenSoft's Perspective personal information manager. Robert Carr, Vice President of Software Development at GO Corp. provided the on-stage presentation. M …
Artifacts
- GO Corporation - PenPoint Introduction Program of Events (Handout) History … graphies introduced the company's leadership: S. Jerrold Kaplan, chairman and co-founder; Robert Carr, vice president of software and co-founder; and Mike Homer, vice president of marketing.6 …
- GO Corporation PenPointers November 1992 (Newsletter) History … ers and closed with a keynote by GO co-founder and vice president of software development Robert Carr.1 It announced a Unicode Implementors Workshop to be held in Europe on December 3 and 4, …
- GO Corporation – PenPoint User Interface Design Reference History … delete or circling to edit — that work consistently throughout the system.3 GO co-founder Robert Carr, the company's vice president of software, said PenPoint had been designed around the ide …
- The Power of PenPoint (Book) Description … he Power of PenPoint was a book on GO Corporation's PenPoint operating system, written by Robert Carr and Dan Shafer and published by Addison-Wesley. Carr was the architect of PenPoint and a …
Organizations
- GO Corporation Biography ×2 … iest days, but he assembled around him a technical leadership that would prove formative. Robert Carr, formerly chief scientist at Ashton-Tate and architect of the ambitious Framework integra …