Guide to the Esther Dyson papers

Finding aid prepared by Bo Doub, Kim Hayden, and Sara Chabino Lott
Processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives grant.
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December 2015


Title: Esther Dyson papers
Identifier/Call Number: X2780.2004; X2957.2005
Contributing Institution: Computer History Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 36 Linear feet, 28 record cartons, 3 manuscript boxes
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1980-1996
Date (inclusive): 1974-2001
Abstract: The Esther Dyson papers contain material that documents Dyson’s career analyzing and creating projections on emerging technologies with her newsletter Release 1.0, and her interest and investment in tech start-ups with her venture capitalism firm EDventure Holdings. The collection dates from 1974 to 2001, with the bulk of material from 1980 to 1996, and includes material related to Dyson’s research on technology companies, products, and topics.
Languages: The collection is primarily in English, with a small amount of material in Russian, German, Japanese, French, Hungarian, Romanian, Croatian, and Spanish.
creator: Dyson, Esther, 1951-

Access Restrictions

Material in box 8, folder 31 contains social security numbers. Researchers must use a redacted photocopy of this restricted material for research until the restriction is lifted at the death of the number holder. Otherwise the collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

The Computer History Museum (CHM) can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Requests for copying and permission to publish, quote, or reproduce any portion of the Computer History Museum’s collection must be obtained jointly from both the copyright holder (if applicable) and the Computer History Museum.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of Item], [Date], Esther Dyson papers, Lot X[#], Box [#], Folder [#], Catalog [#], Computer History Museum.
Note: For this collection the lot number citation will either be X2780.2004 or X2957.2005.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Esther Dyson, 2004.

Biographical/Historical Note

Esther Dyson was born July 14, 1951, in Zürich, Switzerland, to physicist Freeman Dyson and mathematician Verena Huber-Dyson. At age 16, Dyson was accepted to Harvard University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1972. After graduation, she went to work at Forbes as a fact-checker and then reporter from 1974 to 1977. In 1977, she started working as a Wall Street securities analyst for New Court Securities (later called Rothschild) and then Oppenheimer and Company, specializing in high-tech and software companies.
In 1982, Dyson began working with Rosen Research firm and its founder, venture capitalist Ben Rosen. The next year, she bought the firm from Rosen, which included the newsletter Rosen’s Electronic News and the annual PC Forum conference. She renamed the firm EDventure Holdings and the newsletter Release 1.0, and began organizing PC Forum, which she helmed each year until its last conference in 2006. After Dyson took it over, PC Forum was considered one of the premier conferences in the technology industry.
Dyson published Release 1.0 from 1983 through 2006, with a break in 1985 when she accepted an offer to edit Ziff-Davis’ short-lived newsletter Computer Industry Daily (CID), which only lasted a few months. Release 1.0 focused on Dyson’s analysis and projections of emerging technologies, and the software and technology industries. As a paid-subscription publication, Release 1.0 had a fairly small readership but its subscribers were considered highly influential in the industry. With EDventure Holdings, Dyson has invested in technology start-ups, more recently focusing on health care and aerospace. In the late 1980s, she started investing in Eastern and Central European technology ventures. She was an early investor in Flickr, Evernote, Medstory, and Square, and was active in the sale of Flickr to Yahoo! and Medstory to Microsoft.
In the 1990s, Dyson became involved in internet public policy. She chaired several organizations, including the National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIIAC) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), and she was a founding chair of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
Dyson’s book, Release 2.0: A Design for Living in the Digital Age, was published in 1997, and she has written columns for the New York Times, ZDNet, Project Syndicate, the Guardian, Content magazine, and other publications. Dyson sold EDventure Holdings, Release 1.0, and PC Forum to CNET Networks in 2004. She left CNET three years later, but has continued to work under the EDventure Holdings name. She also sits on the boards of several companies and nonprofits.

Scope and Content of the Collection

The Esther Dyson papers are comprised of material Dyson collected from 1974 to 2001, with the bulk of material from 1980 to 1996, related to her work analyzing and making projections on emerging technologies, her industry newsletter Release 1.0, and her venture capitalism firm EDventure Holdings.
The largest part of the collection contains material related to various topics, companies, and products that reflect Dyson’s venture capitalism and interest in the computer and software industry. A smaller but significant part of the collection relates to Dyson’s industry-analyst newsletter Release 1.0 and its Eastern European-focused sister publication Rel-EAST, including edited drafts of the newsletters and material used for research on the subjects, products, and companies she wrote about. The smallest part of the collection consists of books, manuals, periodicals, and computer industry conference proceedings and workbooks that are focused on computer technology, software, programming, and development.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 3 series:
Series 1, Subject files, 1974-2001, bulk 1980-1996
Series 2, Release 1.0 files, 1979-1996
Series 3, Books, manuals, periodicals, and conference material, 1982-1992

Separated Material

Software was separated from the main collection (X2957.2005). To view catalog records for separated material, search the CHM catalog at http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/ .

Related Collections at Other Repositories

Esther Dyson Papers, 1971-1999; MC 755. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Computer industry--Capital investments
Dyson, Esther-1951
EDventure Holdings Inc.
Internet governance
Release 1.0

 

Subject files, Series 1, Bulk, 1980-1996 1975-2001

Series Scope and Content

This series is made up of material Dyson collected on a variety of companies, products, and topics from 1974 to 2001, with the bulk of the series from 1980 to 1996. The material reflects Dyson’s interest and involvement in the software and computer technology industry, venture capitalism, and internet public policy. Press releases, promotional material, handwritten notes, articles, and company financial information make up the bulk of the material. Dyson organized these files alphabetically by using the subject or company name as the folder title, and that filing system has been retained in our arrangement of material. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
 

102748391 1C 1996

 

102739636 3Com 1986-1992

 

102739635 3DO 1993

 

102737070 Accent 1994-1996

 

102737071 ACIUS 1987; 1994

 

102737072 Acorn Computer Corp. 1983-1984

 

102737073 ACT 1982-1994

 

102737074 Action Technologies 1988-1995

 

102737075 Active Book, The 1989-1990

 

102737076 ADAPSO 1982; 1984; 1986-1993

 

102737077 Advanced Decision Systems 1985-1988

 

102737078 Advanced Network & Services, Inc. ca. 1993

 

102748201 Advanced Telecommunications Modules (ATM) 1995

 

102737103 AER Energy Resources 1993

 

102737079 Agility Systems 1990

 

102737080 aha! software 1994

 

102737081 AI Corporation 1986; 1989-1992; 1994

 

102737082 AICPA 1993-1994

 

102737083 Aion 1984-1993

 

102748166 Airline Reservation Systems 1987-1989

 

102748167 Airsoft 1994-1995

 

102748168 Aldus 1985-1991

 

102748170 Alpha Software 1988-1991

 

102748171 Altair 1986-1991

 

102748172 Amadeus 1990-1991

 

102748173 Amdahl Corporation 1989-1992

 

102748177 America Online 1991-1995

 

102748174 American Airlines 1986-1993

 

102748175 American Express 1988-1994

 

102748176 American Management Systems 1974; 1983-1994

 

102748178 Ameritech 1992-1994

 

102748179 AMR Corp 1989-1994

 

102748180 Amstrad 1987-1989

 

102748181 AMT 1988

 

102748182 Analog Devices 1995

 

102748183 Analytica Corporation 1984-1985

 

102748184 AND Software 1993

 

102748185 Anderson Consulting 1988-1996

 

102748186 Animatek 1995

 

102737084 ANS 1993

 

102737085 Ansa Software 1984-1987

 

102737086 AnswerSoft 1994-1995

 

102737087 Anterior Technology ca. 1989

 

102737088 Aperture Technologies 1995

 

102737090 APIAN 1987-1982

 

102737091 Apollo Computer (APOLLO) 1980-1989

 

102737092 Apple 1981-1995

 

102737093 Applied Data Research 1981-1995

 

102737089 Applied Expert Systems (APEX) 1983-1989

 

102737095 Architext Software Inc. 1994-1995

 

102748187 Aristotle Publishing 1999-2001

 

102737096 ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) 1993

 

102739443 Articles 1988

 

102737094 Artificial Intelligence 1983-1986

 

102736849 Artificial Intelligence Technologies Inc. 1986-1988

 

102748209 Artificial life 1986-1991

 

102748188 Artificial Linguistics 1991

 

102748189 Asher Technologies 1986

 

102748190 Ashton Tate 1988-1991

 

102748191 Asia 1989

 

102748192 Asilomar 1990

 

102748193 ASK Computer 1982-1994

 

102748194 ASKSAM Systems 1988

 

102748195 Aspen Institute 1987-1996

 

102748196 Associated Group 1996

 

102748198 Association for Software Design 1992-1994

 

102739319 Association of Better Computer Dealers (ABCD) 1983-1986

 

102748202 Assumption-Based Truth Maintenace System (ATMS) 1986-1988

 

102748199 Asumer undated

 

102748200 Asymetrix 1987-1994

 

102748203 AT&T 1991-1994

 

102748204 AT&T Information Systems 1984

 

102748205 Attention society 1988-1990

 

102748206 Attitude Network 1996

 

102748207 Aurum Software, Inc 1992-1994

 

102748208 Austin Hayne 1994

 

102748211 Autodesk 1986-1995

 

102748213 Automated Design Systems 1990

 

102748214 Automated Language Processing Systems 1986-1987

 

102748212 Automatic Data Processing 1981-1991

 

102748215 Avalanche Development 1990-1993

 

102748216 Avalon Software 1993-1994

 

102748217 Avantos Performance Systems 1992-1994

 

102748218 Avistar Systems 1994

 

102748219 Axcelis 1990-1992

 

102748220 Axent Technologies 1991-1994

 

102748221 Axxis Software 1992

 

102737097 Bachman, Charles 1987-1989; 1991-1992

 

102737098 Baidarka 1987-1988; 1993

 

102737099 Bank Advise 1996-05-22

 

102737100 Bankers Trust Company 1995-05-05

 

102737101 Banyan Systems 1987; 1989-1995

 

102737102 BaseLine 1991-06-01

 

102737104 Battelle 1987-1992

 

102737105 BBDO New York 1995-07-11

 

102748223 BehavHeuristics 1988-1989

 

102748224 Bell Atlantic 1986-1993

 

102748225 Bell Core 1982; 1993

 

102748226 Benton Foundation 1996

 

102748227 Beyond 1990-1994

 

102748228 Black Sun Interactive 1996

 

102748229 Books That Work 1994

 

102748230 Bootstrap Institute 1990-1992

 

102748231 Borland International 1989; 1993

 

102748232 British Airways 1990-1992

 

102748233 British Telecom 1982-1988; 1991-1996

 

102748234 BroadVision 1995-1996

 

102748235 Brockman, John 1983

 

102748236 Broderbund Software 1986-1992

 

102748237 BSG Alliance 1995

 

102748222 Bulletin Board Systems 1991

 

102748239 Burda Media 1996

 

102748240 Business Objects 1993-1995

 

102748241 Business Software Alliance 1991-1992

 

102737106 Cable & Wireless 1992-1993

 

102737107 Cadence Design Systems 1988-1990

 

102737108 Cambridge Animation Systems 1991

 

102737109 Cambridge Display Technology 1995

 

102737111 Campbell Services 1994

 

102737110 Campbell Software 1989; 1991-1994

 

102737112 Candidates 1992

 

102748244 Cap Gemini 1980-1992

 

102748250 Carnegie Group 1985-1993

 

102748253 Carnegie Mellon University 1987-1988

 

102748260 Catapult Entertainment Inc. 1994-1995

 

102748263 Cato Institute 1994

 

102748265 CATS Software 1991

 

102739405 Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) 1987

 

102748273 Central Europe Trust 1989

 

102748268 CheckPoint Software Technologies 1993-1995

 

102748271 China high-technology trade 1985-1984

 

102748275 CircuitPath Network Systems 1994

 

102748276 Cisco Systems 1988-1994

 

102748277 Citrix Systems 1993-1995

 

102748278 CKS Partners 1992-1994

 

102748279 Clarify 1992-1995

 

102748280 ClariNet Communications 1993-1995

 

102748281 Clear Software 1987-1994

 

102739362 Comcast 1993-1994

 

102739363 CommerceNet 1994

 

102739364 Committee for American Progress (CAP) 1994

 

102748274 Communication Intelligence Corporation 1981-1992

 

102739365 Community networks 1996

 

102739367 Compaq 1988-1993

 

102739368 Competition 1985-1995

 

102748245 Computer 2000 1996

 

102739369 Computer Associates International 1987-1994

 

102748266 Computer Curriculum Corp. 1995

 

102739371 Computer Museum 1987-1993

 

102739372 Computer Power Group 1986-1988

 

102737114 Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) 1986-1992

 

102748197 Computer Society of the IEEE undated

 

102748242 Computer Systems Advisers 1986-1989

 

102748243 Computer Task Group 1982-1886

 

102739406 Computer-supported cooperative work 1986-1989

 

102748246 Comserv 1980-1982

 

102748247 Constellation 1991-1992

 

102748249 Constraint modeling 1988-1993

 

102748248 Consumer's Choice Network 1996

 

102748252 Content SW 1992-1993

 

102748251 Content.com 1992-1995

 

102748254 Context Media 1996

 

102748255 Continuum 1982-1995

 

102748257 Contributors 1985

 

102748259 Cooperative Solutions 1989-1992

 

102748258 Coopers & Lybrand 1990-1994

 

102748261 Coordination Science 1990-1991

 

102748262 Copyright 1987-1996

 

102748264 Corporate Memory Systems 1992-1995

 

102748267 Corporate Software 1984-1994

 

102748283 Corporation for National Research Initiatives 1986-1988

 

102737113 Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) 1994-04-18

 

102748269 Correspondence analysis 1986

 

102748270 Council on Foreign Relations 1996

 

102748272 Covia 1987-1994

 

102737117 Cryptography 1996-04-10

 

102737116 Cryptologics International 1992

 

102739407 CyberCash 1995

 

102739409 Cyberspace Law Institute 1990-1996

 

102739404 Cygnus 1990-1997

 

102748282 C|NET 1996

 

102739419 Daisy Systems 1984

 

102739410 DARPA 1985-1989

 

102739412 DASAR 1990-1991

 

102739413 Data Base Architects 1991-1993

 

102739438 Database management systems (DBMS) 1986-1992

 

102739414 DataX/FLORIN 1994

 

102739415 Decision support systems 1994

 

102739417 Dell 1986-1995

 

102739420 Design Management Institute undated

 

102739421 Desktop Innovations 1989

 

102739422 Deucalion 1987-1989

 

102739426 DiaCom Technologies 1993

 

102739424 Dialog Information Services 1989-1994

 

102739427 Diffusion 1995-1997

 

102739428 DigiCash 1995

 

102739429 Digital cash 1994

 

102739431 Digital Ink 1994

 

102739432 Digital Newsstand 1994

 

102739433 Digital Sound Corp. 1994-1995

 

102739434 Digitalk undated

 

102739437 Disney 1994

 

102739439 DocuMagix 1994

 

102739440 Domain names undated

 

102739441 Dow Jones 1988-1994

 

102739442 Dragon Systems 1984-1985; 1994

 

102739408 Dragonfly Software 1986-1989

 

102739411 Dun & Bradstreet Corporation undated

 

102739416 Dynabook Technologies 1987-1989

 

102739423 East West Foundation 1995

 

102739418 Eastgate Systems 1988-1994

 

102739430 Echelon 1988-1994

 

102739456 Education 1986-1997

 

102739463 Edutech Educational Technology Specialists 1993

 

102739465 Elastic Reality 1994

 

102739469 Electric classifieds 1996

 

102748288 Electric Communities 1995

 

102748287 Electronic Arts 1982-1984; 1986; 1989-1991; 1994-1995

 

102739425 Electronic Book Technologies (EBT) 1990-1996

 

102739436 Electronic Data Systems (EDS) [RESTRICTED] undated

 

102748289 Electronic Distribution 1983-1987; 1989; 1991-1993

 

102748292 Electronic Messaging Association (EMA) 1993-1995

 

102748290 ELF Technologies 1992

 

102748291 Elitzer Associates 1990-1991

 

102748293 Email 1986; 1990-1993

 

102748294 Emergent 1989

 

102739444 Encryption 1993-1995

 

102739446 Equifax 1987-1995

 

102739447 Ernst & Young 1985-1995

 

102739448 Excite undated

 

102739449 Farallon Computing 1992-1993

 

102739450 Federal Express 1985-1994

 

102739451 Federal Trade Commission 1995

 

102739452 Filters 1989-1995

 

102739453 Firefly 1996-1997

 

102739454 First Floor 1993-1994

 

102739455 First Virtual 1994-1995

 

102739457 Floating Point Systems 1978-1986

 

102739458 Foresight Institute 1989-1994

 

102739459 Forman Interactive 1995

 

102739460 France Telecom 1994

 

102739462 Free Software Foundation 1990

 

102739461 FTP Software 1989-1995

 

102739464 Fulcrum Technologies 1993-1995

 

102739466 Futurekids undated

 

102739467 Games 1987; 1990

 

102739468 Gartner Group 1980-1989

 

102739470 GE Information Services 1981-1991

 

102739472 General algorithms 1989-1995

 

102739471 General Magic 1993-1994

 

102739473 GeoPartners 1989-1994

 

102739474 GeoWorks 1992-1994

 

102739475 Giga Information Group 1994-1995

 

102739476 Grammar 1986-1990

 

102737118 Graphisoft 1991

 

102737119 Great Bear Technology 1993-1994

 

102737120 Great Plains Software 1987-1988

 

102737121 GRID Systems 1990

 

102748238 Groupe Bull 1990-1991

 

102737122 Groupware 1988-1989; 1993

 

102737123 Groupware Unix 1984-1988

 

102737124 GSM Developments and Market Trends 1995

 

102737125 GTE Corporation 1987; 1991; 1993

 

102737126 Guardian, The 1997

 

102737127 Hackers 1984-1985; 1991

 

102737128 Harvard Business Review 1992; 1993

 

102737129 Hayes Microcomputer Prod. 1982; 1984; 1985; 1987; 1991

 

102737130 hDC Computer Corporation 1990

 

102737131 HDTV 1989; ca. 1990

 

102737133 Headsets 1995

 

102737132 Health issues 1984-1986

 

102737134 Hearst Corporation, the 1993-1995

 

102737135 Hecht-Nielsen Neurocomputers 1987-1989

 

102737136 Heights 1979; 1981-1983

 

102737140 Helix 1992

 

102737137 Help Desk 1994

 

102737138 Help systems 1989; 1991-1993; ca. 1995

 

102737139 Hewitt Associates 1985; 1989

 

102737141 Hewlett-Packard 1983; 1985-1987; 1989; 1991-1995

 

102737143 Hideaway Report 1994-1995

 

102737144 Higher Order Software 1984-1988

 

102737145 Highlands 1996

 

102737146 History 1984; 1986

 

102737148 Home Shopping Network (HSN) 1994

 

102737147 Homeboyz Graphics 1997

 

102737142 HP - New Wave 1988-1991

 

102737149 Human Factors 1986-1987; 1990

 

102737150 Humor 1989; 1993

 

102739581 Hyperion Software 1995-03-09

 

102737151 Hypertext 1972; 1983-1989

 

102737152 i2 Technologies 1992-1996

 

102737156 IFS International 1992

 

102737158 Illustra Information Technologies 1994-1996

 

102737159 ILOG 1990-1991; 1995

 

102737161 Implements 1988-1990

 

102739490 Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) ca. 1985

 

102737162 Index 1985-1986

 

102737163 Individual undated

 

102737164 Industry.Net 1995

 

102737165 Infinity Financial Technology 1992-1995

 

102737166 Infomart 1994-1995

 

102737167 Infonautics Corporation 1993-1995

 

102737168 Infonet Services Coprporation 1991-1994

 

102737169 Infonow Corporation 1992-1993

 

102737171 Information Builders 1987-1990

 

102737172 Information Lens 1986-07-01

 

102737173 Information Mapping 1993

 

102737160 Information Sciences Institute (ISI) 1986

 

102748295 Informix 1988-1995

 

102748296 Infosafe Systems 1994-1995

 

102748297 Infoseek 1994

 

102737170 InfoTek Systems 1988-11-29

 

102748298 Ingenius 1995

 

102748299 Ingram Micro 1988-1993

 

102737190 Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) 1981-1983; 1987; 1992; 1995

 

102748300 Institute for Advanced Study 1996

 

102737191 Institute for Research on Learning (IRL) 1986-1996

 

102748302 Insurance - Automated Systems 1981-1983

 

102748303 InsWeb 1995

 

102739477 Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) 1991-1992

 

102748304 Intel 1981-1998

 

102737181 InteliTech 1994

 

102737177 Intellectual Property 1986-1995

 

102748305 Intellicorp 1985-1994

 

102748307 Intelligenceware 1987-1989

 

102748306 Intelligent Business Systems 1989-1990

 

102737182 Intellivoice 1994

 

102748308 Interactive Development Environments 1990-1992

 

102748311 Interactive Imaginations 1995

 

102748309 Interactive Services Association 1994

 

102748310 Interactive Software Engineering 1988-1991

 

102737178 Interbase 1987-1991

 

102737179 Interfaces 1988-1991

 

102737180 Interleaf 1991-1995

 

102737174 Interlink Computer Sciences 1994-01-24

 

102737175 Intermarque Limited 1994-04-19

 

102737153 International Business Machines (IBM) 1979; 1981; 1983-1990; 1993-1995

 

102737154 International Computers Limited (ICL) 1983; 1990-1995

 

102737155 International Data Group (IDG) 1987; 1990-1991; 1995

 

102737157 International Internet Association (IIA) 1994-03-18

 

102737183 International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX) 1995

 

102737184 Internet 1991-1995

 

102737185 Internews 1993

 

102737176 Interse 1995-01-25

 

102737186 Intersolv, Inc. 1987-1989; 1992

 

102737187 Interval Research 1992-1993

 

102737188 Intuit 1986-1987; 1989; 1993-1995

 

102737189 InVideo Systems 1990-1993

 

102748312 IRS 1993

 

102748313 Japan 1979-1989

 

102748314 Jian 1994-1995

 

102748315 Juno 1996

 

102748316 Keane 1992

 

102748317 Keyboard Advances 1992-1994

 

102748318 Kid Soft 1998

 

102748319 Knowledge Adventure 1993-1996

 

102748320 Kodak 1993-1995

 

102748321 Korda European Technology Fund 1993

 

102748322 Krebs & Associates 1987-1995

 

102748323 LCSI (Logo Computer Systems Inc.) 1995

 

102748324 Legal Market 1981-1993

 

102748325 Licensing 1993

 

102748326 Linguistics 1989

 

102748327 Links 1985-1989

 

102748328 Lists 1992-1995

 

102748329 Localization 1993-1995

 

102739489 Logistics 1992-1993

 

102748330 Lucasfilm 1985

 

102748331 Lycos 1994-1996

 

102748333 MacArthur 1996

 

102748332 Machine translation 1990-1993

 

102748334 Macromedia 1994

 

102748335 Malone, Thomas 1986

 

102737115 Management Information Technologies 1987-1988

 

102748336 Manhattan Institute 1988-1991

 

102748337 Manpower 1987-1991

 

102748343 MapInfo 1989-1994

 

102748347 Marand undated

 

102748348 Markle Foundation 1995-1996

 

102748349 Massachusetts Computer Software Council 1988-1991

 

102737202 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1988-1993

 

102748350 MATCH (Market Access for Technology Services) 1994

 

102748351 Matra Design Semiconductor 1988-1989

 

102748359 Maxis 1987-1995

 

102748362 MC2 International 1994

 

102739482 McAfee 1994-1995

 

102739479 McCaw Cellular Communications 1991-1995

 

102739480 MCI 1991-1995

 

102739481 Mecklermedia 1994

 

102739483 MediaMap 1993-1994

 

102739484 MediaWay 1994-1995

 

102739485 Medscape 1995-1997

 

102739486 Merisel 1992-1995

 

102739487 MESA Group 1994

 

102739488 Meta Software 1993-1994

 

102748338 Metricom 1992-1995

 

102748339 Metromail 1996

 

102748340 Mexico 1994

 

102748341 Micom 1993

 

102748344 Micro Interactive 1994

 

102748342 Microcom 1988-1992

 

102739478 Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC) 1984-1994

 

102748345 Microlytics 1986-1994

 

102748346 Microsoft 1983

 

102737192 Microsoft Languages 1989

 

102737193 Microsoft Network 1994

 

102737194 Microsoft NL undated

 

102737195 Microsoft OS/2 1987-1990

 

102737196 Microsoft R&D 1993

 

102737197 MILIA 1993-1994

 

102737198 Mindvox 1993

 

102737199 Minitel 1988-1989

 

102737200 Minsky 1981; 1982; 1984

 

102737201 MiraTech 1994

 

102737204 MMB Development Corporation 1988-1993

 

102737205 Modeling 1984-1989

 

102737206 Mondex 1994-1995

 

102737207 Money 1994

 

102737208 Morino Institute 1994-1995

 

102737203 Mortice Kern Systems (MKS) 1994

 

102737210 Multi Media Telecommunications 1993-1995

 

102737211 Multi-Tech Systems 1994

 

102737209 Multimedia 1994

 

102737212 MusicNet 1995

 

102748352 Nanotechnology 1988-1989

 

102748353 Napersoft 1994

 

102748354 Narrative Communications 1996

 

102748355 Narrowline 1996

 

102748360 National Center for Supercomputing Applications 1988-1990

 

102748356 National Cristina Foundation 1993-1994

 

102748357 National Science Foundation 1988-1989

 

102748358 National Semiconductor 1992-1993

 

102748361 Nationwide Cellular Service 1992

 

102748363 Natural language 1988-1993

 

102748364 Navigation 1987-1989

 

102748365 NCR Corp. 1989-1992

 

102748368 Nesbit Systems 1988-1991

 

102748369 NETCOM On-Line Communication Services 1995-1996

 

102748371 NetManage 1994-1995

 

102748372 NetNoir 1995

 

102748373 Netscape Communications 1994-1996

 

102748366 Network Computing Devices (NCD) 1995

 

102748370 Network Development Associates 1996

 

102748374 New Networks Institute 1993-1994

 

102748376 New Paradigm Software 1994-1995

 

102748377 New School, the undated

 

102748379 New York Angels 1997

 

102748375 News Corp. 1993-1995

 

102748378 Newsweek 1992-1993

 

102748380 Nextel 1995

 

102748381 Nintendo ca. 1989

 

102748382 Northern Telecom 1988-1992

 

102748383 Novadigm 1993-1994

 

102748384 Now Software 1994-1995

 

102748385 Nynex Corp. 1984-1992

 

102748386 NYNMA (New York New Media Association) 1994

 

102748399 O'Reilly 1993-1995

 

102748387 Odyssey 1994-1995

 

102748388 Olivetti 1979-1990

 

102748389 OMG (Object Management Group) 1990-1995

 

102748390 On Ramp 1994-1995

 

102748392 OneSource 1994

 

102748393 ONSALE 1996

 

102748394 Open Market 1994-1995

 

102748395 Open Text Corporation 1995

 

102748396 OpenVision 1993-1995

 

102748397 Oracle 1994

 

102748398 Orbach 1994

 

102748400 Overheads 1988

 

102737213 Pacific Bell 1993-1995

 

102737214 Palm 1992-1994

 

102748474 Pan American Satellite 1991

 

102737215 ParaGraph 1991-1996

 

102737216 Parallel Processing 1987-1989; 1993

 

102737217 PASSWORD 1992-1993

 

102737218 Patents 1983; 1989-1994

 

102737219 PeopleSoft 1990-1995

 

102737226 Performance support 1992-1993

 

102737220 Perot Systems 1992

 

102737227 Piracy 1981-1989; 1991; 1994

 

102737221 Pixar 1984-1986; 1988-1991

 

102737222 Platinum 1993-1994

 

102737223 PocketScience 1996

 

102748256 Political pix 1988

 

102737224 Portal 1994

 

102748447 Presidents roundtable 1987-1992

 

102737225 Price Waterhouse 1991-1993

 

102739544 Printers undated

 

102739543 Privacy 1992-1995

 

102748401 Prodigy 1988-1996

 

102748402 Progressive Networks 1995

 

102748403 Protein Design Labs 1989-1992

 

102748404 Proteon 1988-1989

 

102748405 Psion 1991-1993

 

102748406 Publishing 1981-1983

 

102748408 Qualcomm 1993

 

102737228 Quark 1985; 1988

 

102748409 Quarterdeck Office Systems 1988-1995

 

102748407 Quickresponse Services 1992-1993

 

102737229 Quote.com 1994

 

102748461 R. M. Dudley Corporation 1989-1992

 

102748452 R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company 1985-1993

 

102737230 Radcliffe College Fund 1995

 

102737231 RadioMail 1992-1995

 

102737232 RAE Technology 1993-1994

 

102737233 Ramsey/Beirne Associates 1994-1995

 

102737234 Reach Software 1990-1994

 

102737235 Reality Club 1982; 1987-1990

 

102748410 Reality Technologies 1987

 

102748411 Reasoning Systems 1985-1991

 

102748412 Recital 1992-1993

 

102748413 Recognita 1991

 

102748415 Recognition 1993-1994

 

102748414 Red Brick Systems 1991-1992

 

102748416 Redgate Communications 1988-1989; 1993

 

102748417 Reed Elsevier 1993

 

102748418 REFAC 1985-1989

 

102748419 Reference Software 1985-1992

 

102748420 Release 2.0 1993; 1997

 

102748421 Reliable Water 1989

 

102748422 Remarkable Technologies 1995

 

102748423 RenderMorphics 1995

 

102748424 Restaurants 1987-1982

 

102748425 RESTRAC 1992-1994

 

102748426 Resumix 1990-1992

 

102748427 Retail Target Marketing Systems 1993-1994

 

102748428 Reuters 1990-1991

 

102748429 Revelation Technologies 1987-1988

 

102748430 Risk 1987

 

102748431 Riverrun Technology Inc. 1991

 

102748435 Robots 1980-1991

 

102748437 Rockefeller Foundation 1996-1997

 

102748440 Rockwell International 1995

 

102748442 Rogue Wave Software 1992-1993

 

102748444 Rosetta 1991

 

102748449 Routing Technology Software 1987

 

102748456 RSA Data Security Inc. 1994-1995

 

102748434 S.508 1988-1989

 

102748458 Safire Software Inc. 1989-1992

 

102748465 Salaries 1994

 

102748467 Salutation Consortium 1995

 

102748468 Sanchez Computer Associates 1996

 

102748469 Sandpoint Corporation 1993

 

102748470 Santa Cruz Operation 1987-1994

 

102748471 SAP America Inc. 1987-1994

 

102748472 Sarnoff Research Center 1992-1993

 

102748473 Saros Corporation 1986-1993

 

102737236 Scala 1992-1994

 

102748475 Scientific Atlanta 1993-1994

 

102748476 Scopus Technology 1992-1995

 

102748477 Scriptel Corporation 1990-1995

 

102748478 Scripting 1984-1991

 

102737237 SCSA 1993-1994

 

102737238 Sculley, John 1983; 1994

 

102737239 Sears 1982; 1984

 

102737240 Security 1991-1993; 1995

 

102737241 Seer Technologies 1993

 

102737242 Sega of America 1993; 1995

 

102737243 Segue Software 1989; 1992-1993

 

102737244 Semaphore Communications 1993-1994

 

102737245 Sense8 Corporation 1994

 

102737246 Sequent Computer Systems 1986-1989; 1991; 1993-1994

 

102737249 Serius 1992-1993

 

102737247 ServiceSoft Corporation 1993-1994

 

102737248 SERVIO 1986-1993

 

102737250 SGML 1988-1994

 

102737251 SGML Open 1993-1994

 

102737252 Shamrock Document Management Coalition 1994

 

102737254 Shapeware 1993

 

102737253 Sharedata 1988

 

102737255 Shareware 1991

 

102739617 Sherpa 1992-1993

 

102739616 ShiftWork Systems 1993

 

102739618 Shiva 1988-1989

 

102739619 SHL Systemhouse 1995

 

102748432 Siemens 1978-1995

 

102748433 Sierra Wireless 1994-1995

 

102748436 Silicon Graphics 1987-1995

 

102748438 Simple Software 1991

 

102748439 Simulation 1988-1994

 

102748441 Simultronics Corp. 1994

 

102748443 Sinclair 1982-1988

 

102748445 Sinper 1989-1992

 

102748446 Sirius 1994-1995

 

102748448 Sirsi 1995

 

102748450 Site licenses 1985-1986

 

102748451 Skillsbank 1994-1995

 

102748453 SkyTel undated

 

102748454 Slides 1987

 

102748455 Smart Card 1994

 

102748460 Smart Technologies 1994

 

102748457 SmartPatents 1994

 

102748459 SmartSync 1993

 

102748462 SmethersBarnes 1988-1990

 

102748463 Smith, Brian Cantwell 1988

 

102748464 SnapShot 1994

 

102739569 Soft-Switch 1989-1993

 

102748466 SoftAd Group 1994

 

102739583 SoftArc 1994

 

102739584 Softbank 1993

 

102739585 Softguard Systems 1984-1987

 

102739587 Softlab 1995

 

102739588 Softmart 1990-1994

 

102739571 Softool Corporation 1993-1994

 

102739592 SoftPrism 1990

 

102739590 SoftQuad 1985-1995

 

102739589 Softsmarts undated

 

102739570 SoftTalk 1995

 

102739572 Softview 1989-1990

 

102739573 Software Developer's Co. (SDC) 1990-03-01

 

102739574 Software Emancipation Technology (SET) 1992-1993

 

102739575 Software Garden 1987-1989

 

102739576 Software license simplification undated

 

102739620 Software Products International (SPI) 1988-1990

 

102739596 Software Publishers Association (SPA) 1986-1994

 

102739578 Software Toolworks, the 1992-1993

 

102739579 Software Ventures Corporation 1990-1991

 

102739577 Software.net 1994-1995

 

102739580 Solbourne Computer 1988-1989

 

102739582 Sony Microsystems Company 1981-1994

 

102739586 Soros, George 1996-1997

 

102739601 Space 1986-1987

 

102739602 SPARC International 1989

 

102739605 Spectravision 1983

 

102739612 Spectrum HoloByte 1989

 

102739609 Spectrum Information Technologies 1995-01-26

 

102739613 Spectrum Signal Processing 1994

 

102739614 Speech recognition undated

 

102739615 Speech Systems Inc. 1993

 

102739621 Sprint 1990-1995

 

102739622 SPRY 1994-1995

 

102739624 Spyglass 1995

 

102739626 Staffware 1992

 

102739628 Stepstone Corporation, The 1989

 

102739594 Stylos Development 1991-1992

 

102739595 Sun Microsystems 1986-1992

 

102739597 SurfWatch Software 1995

 

102739598 Sybase 1986-1993

 

102739568 Symantec 1983-1989

 

102739599 Symbolics undated

 

102739600 Systran Translation Systems 1991

 

102739603 SYZYGY 1989

 

102739604 T/Maker 1987-1988

 

102739606 Talarian 1991-1992

 

102739593 Taxes 1987

 

102739607 Teknekron 1981; 1991-1992

 

102739608 Telebase Systems 1991

 

102739610 Teleos Research 1993

 

102739631 Teleprint 1991

 

102739630 Telescript 1995

 

102739629 Telesim 1993

 

102739627 Telluride Association 1988-1994

 

102739632 Tenth Planet Explorations 1995

 

102739611 Texas Instruments 1983-1985; 1992

 

102739591 Text tools and management 1984-1994

 

102739634 Therapeutic Learning Program 1989

 

102739623 THINK Technologies ca. 1985

 

102739625 Thinking Machines Corp. 1985-1994

 

102739638 Third Eye Software 1987-1989

 

102739637 THStyme 1989

 

102739641 Time management software 1984-1988

 

102739639 Time-Binding Software 1991

 

102739643 Tolfa 1992

 

102739644 Tome Associates 1989

 

102739445 Total Entertainment Network 1996

 

102739435 Trace Center 1986

 

102739646 Training software 1986-1988

 

102739648 Translation software 1990-1991

 

102739653 Travel management software 1987-1993

 

102739655 Triad Systems 1981-1992

 

102739656 Tribune 1993-1995

 

102739657 Tricord Systems 1990

 

102739658 Trilogy Development Group 1991-1995

 

102739659 Trintex 1986-1988

 

102739660 Tronics Sales Corp. 1982-1983

 

102739663 Ubique 1995

 

102739665 United States Voting Machines 1993

 

102739671 UNIX International 1989-1990

 

102739672 UNIX systems 1992-1995

 

102739666 Upgrade Corporation of America 1993-1995

 

102748367 Upstart Corp. 1986-1988

 

102739667 User interface 1990

 

102739668 UserLand Software 1991-1994

 

102739673 Vanguard 1987

 

102739674 Ventana 1987-1994

 

102739633 Venture capital 1980-1994

 

102739640 Verimation 1992-1993

 

102739642 VeriSign 1995

 

102739645 Verity 1991-1995

 

102739647 Vermeer Technologies 1995

 

102739649 Versant 1990; 1996

 

102739652 Viasoft 1986-1987

 

102739650 Video Applications Inc. (VAI) 1984-1982

 

102739651 Videoware Corporation 1988-1989

 

102739669 ViewStar Corporation 1987-1993

 

102739670 Virtual reality 1987-1993

 

102739675 Viruses 1988-1992

 

102739661 Vis a Vis television show proposal 1993

 

102739654 Visual programming 1990

 

102739692 Visual programming languages (VPLs) 1989

 

102739662 Visual Technology 1989-02

 

102739664 Visual thinking 1993

 

102739679 Visualization 1989-1996

 

102739689 Vivid Travel Network (VTN) 1996-05-06

 

102739690 Voice 1981-1993

 

102739691 Voyager Company 1993-1994

 

102739695 Warner undated

 

102739697 Washington Post, The 1992

 

102739696 Well, The 1993-1994

 

102739698 West Publishing Corporation 1994

 

102739699 What does it mean to understand language? 1980

 

102739693 Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) 1988-1995

 

102739694 Wildfire Communications 1994-1995

 

102739701 Wireless 1999

 

102739687 Wolters, Yvonne 1991

 

102739681 Women's Forum 1996-1997

 

102739700 Women's Information Resource & Exchange (WIRE) 1993

 

102739676 Workflow software 1991-1994

 

102739678 Workshop on Object-Oriented Design 1989

 

102739677 World Bank 1996

 

102739680 WRQ 1995

 

102739682 XcelleNet 1994

 

102739683 Xerox 1981-1994

 

102739684 XYQUEST 1987-1991

 

102739685 Yahoo 1995

 

102739686 Yield management software 1984-1994

 

102739688 Ziff-Davis undated

 

Release 1.0 files Series 2, 1979-1996

Sereis Scope and Content

This series consists of material related to Dyson’s monthly technology industry newsletter Release 1.0. Material dates from 1979 to 1996. Included are Dyson’s drafts of the periodical and working files that contain notes and information about products, companies, and subjects that were used as research for or were featured in the newsletter. A small portion of this series includes material related to her short-lived quarterly newsletter Rel-EAST, which focused on Eastern Europe’s emerging computer technology market.

Arrangement

This series is arranged in 2 subseries:
Series 2.1, Drafts, 1988-1992
Series 2.2, Working files, 1979-1996
 

Drafts, Subseries 2.1 1988-1992

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries includes drafts of Release 1.0 from 1988 to 1992. The drafts show the development of each issue, with handwritten edits, changes in stories and headlines, and correspondence with others who edited or wrote articles. A few folders include material related to research about subjects for the periodical, including articles, brochures, press releases, and Dyson’s notes. This subseries also includes drafts of the August and October 1991 issues of Dyson’s quarterly Eastern European-focused newsletter Rel-EAST. This subseries is arranged chronologically.
 

102736768 January 1989 1988; 1989-01

 

102736769 March 1989 1989-03

 

102736770 April 1989 1989-04

 

102736771 January 1991 1991-01

 

102736772 February 1991 1991-02

 

102736774 July 1991 1991-07

 

102736841 Rel-EAST II August 1991 1991-08

 

102736776 August-October 1991 1991-08; 1991-09; 1991-10

 

102736773 Rel-EAST III October 1991 1991-10

 

102736778 November 1991 1991-11

 

102736842 December 1991 1991-12

 

102736775 January 1992 1992-01; 1992-02

 

102736843 February 1992 1992-02

 

102736844 March 1992 1992-03

 

102736779 April 1992 1992-04

 

102736845 May 1992 1992-05

 

Working files, Subseries 2.2, 1979-1996

Subseries Scope and Content

This subseries includes material related to products, subjects, and companies researched for or written about in Release 1.0. Material dates from 1979 to 1996. The majority of material consists of computer systems and software company brochures, press releases, advertisements, corporate overviews, and financial information; reports and articles related to computer technology; and Dyson’s handwritten notes and correspondence with company contacts. Material is arranged by subject or company name. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
 

102736837 47th Street Computer 1986-1987

 

102736832 Access managers 1988

 

102736815 Accurate Information Systems 1991

 

102736869 ACM SIGGRAPH 1988

 

102736800 Adler 1980-1982

 

102736804 Advanced Software 1989-1992

 

102736803 Agendaware 1988

 

102736818 aha! software 1992-1994

 

102736802 AIRS 1987-1988

 

102736799 Aldus 1987

 

102736830 Alpha Software 1987

 

102736831 Altera 1988

 

102736801 Altos Computer Systems 1984-1987

 

102736816 Anselm 1987-1988

 

102736817 Answer Computer 1988-1994

 

102736819 APM/ANSAware 1991

 

102736814 Apple 1980-1995

 

102736805 Application generators 1983-1984

 

102736826 Applix 1986

 

102736806 Arcland 1993-1994

 

102736827 Ariel PSS 1993

 

102736807 Arity 1985-1986

 

102736809 Ascent Logic 1989

 

102736810 Ascent Technology 1987-1988

 

102736811 Ashlar 1986-1989

 

102736863 Ashton-Tate 1982-1988

 

102736808 AST Research 1984-1987

 

102736813 AT&T 1979-1994

 

102736862 Atari 1988-1989

 

102736820 BOSS Logic 1992

 

102736850 Boston Consulting Group 1995

 

102736812 Brattle Research 1985-1989

 

102736846 Bullet-Proof Software 1991

 

102736848 Burton Grad Associates 1989

 

102736847 Business Transformation Design 1994

 

102736821 Businessoft 1986

 

102736851 CableLabs 1994

 

102736852 Cadre undated

 

102736825 CADWARE 1988

 

102736824 CALS 1987-1990

 

102736822 Capital sources 1993

 

102736909 Computer Automation 1982

 

102736870 ComputerLand ca. 1980

 

102736864 Convergent Technologies 1982-1983

 

102736865 Corel 1992

 

102736874 Dome Software Products 1990

 

102736858 Dyson Forbes column 1987

 

102736876 ECsoft undated

 

102736855 Egghead Discount Software 1990

 

102736836 Electric Classifieds 1996

 

102736871 Electronic Data Systems (EDS) 1980-1982

 

102736833 FCMC 1988

 

102736857 First Cities 1993

 

102736834 First Class Software 1993

 

102736829 Fisher Idea Systems 1989

 

102736835 Focus Systems 1990

 

102736866 Frame Maker 1987

 

102736867 Hewlett Packard 1985

 

102736908 Home electronics market 1981-1983

 

102736784 HomeFax 1990-1991

 

102736795 Hotels undated

 

102736782 Houghton Mifflin 1987-1988

 

102736785 Hunter Systems 1989-1990

 

102736794 Hydra Systems 1991

 

102736781 HyperDesk 1991

 

102736780 Hypertext 1986-1988

 

102736786 HyperWindows 1991

 

102736783 IBM 1981-1988

 

102736859 ICL Today undated

 

102736788 Iconovex 1989-1995

 

102736793 IDB Communications Group 1991

 

102736838 IE Systems 1982

 

102736796 InaCom 1992

 

102736798 Inacomp 1990

 

102736790 Inference 1985-1991

 

102736868 InfoCorp 1983

 

102736854 Infonet Services 1992

 

102736787 Information Access Systems 1987-1995

 

102736839 Information Resources 1986-1989

 

102736873 Ink Development 1992-1993

 

102736872 InstaPlan 1986-1987

 

102736856 Interactive Health Systems 1994

 

102736791 Interleaf 1992

 

102736840 International Computer Foundation and International Freedom Foundation 1992

 

102736853 Javelin Software 1989

 

102736907 Kendall Square Research 1992-1993

 

102736875 Legato Systems undated

 

102736877 Libertech 1995

 

102736878 Lotus Development Corp. 1982-1995

 

102736880 Mathematica 1988

 

102736881 Metaphor Computer Systems 1986-1990

 

102736879 Momenta 1991

 

102736906 Motorola 1989

 

102736882 MusicNet 1993-1995

 

102736884 Nelson, Theodor (Ted) Holm 1989-1992

 

102736904 Network Technologies International (NETI) 1984-1986

 

102736777 Newco 1988

 

102736905 NeXT 1986-1992

 

102736903 O'Reilly and Associates 1994-1995

 

102736902 Online 1984; 1989

 

102736883 Opcode Studio Vision 1990

 

102736901 Oracle 1994

 

102736789 Owl International 1988; 1991

 

102736899 ParcPlace Systems 1987

 

102736895 Paul Allen Group 1994

 

102736896 Pavlina Telecommunications Management 1994

 

102736885 Pen Computing 1991-1992

 

102736887 Pen Pal Associates 1992

 

102736886 PenMagic Software 1992-1994

 

102748210 PenStuff 1994

 

102736890 PenWare 1991-1992

 

102736893 Picture Network International (PNI) 1994

 

102736891 Pinpoint Analysis 1987-1988

 

102736897 Pipeline, The ca. 1994

 

102736894 Power Up Software 1991

 

102736892 Powersoft 1991-1994

 

102736898 Prairie Systems 1993

 

102736889 ProductView Interactive 1994

 

102736797 Psych Systems 1982

 

102736888 Qronos Technology 1987

 

102736900 QuickResponse Services 1992

 

102736861 Rosen Research forums material 1983-1985

 

102736792 Software India Conference 1989

 

102736860 Stock reports 1985

 

Books, manuals, periodicals, and conference material, Subseries 3, 1982-1992

Series Scope and Content

This series contains books, manuals, periodicals, and conference proceedings and workbooks from 1982 to 1992. Book topics focus on computer design and development, artificial intelligence, and telecommunications. Manuals include those for programming, software, and operating systems. Periodicals include 1984 and 1985 issues of Computer Industry Daily and The Computer Lawyer. Also included are two volumes of AFIPS conference proceedings from 1985 and 1986, plus programs, workbooks, and proceedings from other conferences and seminars. Additionally, this series contains 1990 reports on the software and computer industries. This series is arranged alphabetically by folder title.
 

102739181 AFIPS conference proceedings 1985-1986

 

102736752 Bernacchi on computer law : a guide to the legal and management aspects of computer technology 1986

 

102736759 Books on artificial intelligence 1986-1987

 

102736758 Books on telecommunications 1989; 1991

 

102736751 Computer and software industry reports 1990

 

102736767 Computer industry daily 1984-1985

 

102736766 Computer lawyer, The 1984-1985

 

102736750 Computer network humour annual 1988-1990

 

102736757 Dictionary of computer terms and consultant relations handbook 1983

 

102736765 Fire in the valley : the making of the personal computer 1984

 

102736760 Internet : mailing lists 1992

 

102736762 Literary machines 1987

 

102736764 MONDO 2000 : a user's guide to the new edge 1992

 

102736763 Nanosystems : molecular, machinery, manufacturing, and computation 1992

 

102736753 Other conference and seminar material and proceedings 1982-1992

 

102736754 Programming manuals 1984-1991

 

102736755 Software and operating systems manuals 1984-1992

 

102736761 TOG on interface 1992

 

102736756 Whole earth review and catalog 1987-1988