Locus Computing Corporation

Locus Computing Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1982 (1982)
FoundersGerald J. Popek, Charles S. Kline and Gregory I. Thiel
DefunctAugust 17, 1995 (1995-08-17)
FateAcquired by Platinum Technology Inc.
SuccessorPlatinum Technology
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California, later Inglewood, California
,
United States
Key people
Gerald J. Popek, CTO and chairman.
ProductsLOCUS
AIX PS/2, AIX 370
AIX TCF
OSF/1 AD
Merge
UnixWare NonStop Clusters
Number of employees
300

Locus Computing Corporation was formed in 1982 by Gerald J. Popek, Charles S. Kline and Gregory I. Thiel[1] to commercialize the technologies developed for the LOCUS distributed operating system at UCLA. Locus was notable for commercializing single-system image software and producing the Merge package which allowed the use of DOS and Windows 3.1 software on Unix systems.

Locus was acquired by Platinum Technology Inc in 1995.[2]

  1. ^ "Locus Computing Corp. (company profile)". Retrieved 2008-09-23. [dead link]
  2. ^ "PLATINUM technology And Locus Computing Finalize Acquisition; Locus Computing officially becomes a PLATINUM technology subsidiary". Business Wire. 1995-08-17. Retrieved 2008-10-06.