CEO (Data General)
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CEO Office software from Data General
was introduced in 1981. It included word processing
, e-mail
, spreadsheets, business graphics and desktop accessories. The software was developed mostly in PL/I
on and for the AOS and AOS/VS
operating systems.
CEO was considered Office Automation Software
. Office Automation software was an attempt to create a "Paperless Office".
It included a main program known as the Control Program which offered a menu driven interface on the assorted dumb terminals which existed at the time. The Control Program communicated with separate "Services" like the Mail Server, Calendar Server, File Server (for documents). There was also a Word Processor and a data management program which was also accessible from the Control Program. A complementary product, TEO, (Technical Electronic Office) focused on the office automation needs of engineering professionals.
In later years, CEO offerings grew to include various products to connect to CEO from early personal computers. The first such product was called CEO Connection. Later a product named CEO Object Office shipped which repackaged HP New Wave (an object oriented graphical interface).
CEO code was heavily dependent on the INFOS II database. When Data General moved from the Eclipse MV platform to the AViiON
, CEO was not ported to the new platform as the cost would have been prohibitive.
CEO was often compared with IBM's offering commonly called PROFS. IBM attempted to license CEO from Data General. When Data General refused to license CEO, IBM created PROFS.
Data General
Data General was one of the first minicomputer firms from the late 1960s. Three of the four founders were former employees of Digital Equipment Corporation. Their first product, the Data General Nova, was a 16-bit minicomputer...
was introduced in 1981. It included word processing
Word processing
Word processing is the creation of documents using a word processor. It can also refer to advanced shorthand techniques, sometimes used in specialized contexts with a specially modified typewriter.-External links:...
E-mail
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
, spreadsheets, business graphics and desktop accessories. The software was developed mostly in PL/I
PL/I
PL/I is a procedural, imperative computer programming language designed for scientific, engineering, business and systems programming applications...
on and for the AOS and AOS/VS
AOS/VS
Data General wrote operating systems for its hardware: DOS and RDOS for the 16-bit Nova line; RDOS and AOS for the 16-bit Eclipse C, M and S lines; AOS/VS and AOS/RT32 and later AOS/VS II for the 32-bit Eclipse MV line....
operating systems.
CEO was considered Office Automation Software
Office Automation Software
Office automation software is a class of software sold initially in the 1980s. The goal of the software was to create a "Paperless Office" and allow groups of workers to share documents and files electronically. Typical packages included a word processing package, file storage, and calendar...
. Office Automation software was an attempt to create a "Paperless Office".
It included a main program known as the Control Program which offered a menu driven interface on the assorted dumb terminals which existed at the time. The Control Program communicated with separate "Services" like the Mail Server, Calendar Server, File Server (for documents). There was also a Word Processor and a data management program which was also accessible from the Control Program. A complementary product, TEO, (Technical Electronic Office) focused on the office automation needs of engineering professionals.
In later years, CEO offerings grew to include various products to connect to CEO from early personal computers. The first such product was called CEO Connection. Later a product named CEO Object Office shipped which repackaged HP New Wave (an object oriented graphical interface).
CEO code was heavily dependent on the INFOS II database. When Data General moved from the Eclipse MV platform to the AViiON
Data General AViiON
AViiON was a series of computers from Data General that were the company's main product from the late 1980s until the company's server products were discontinued in 2001. Earlier AViiON models used the Motorola 88000 CPU, but later models moved to an all-Intel solution when Motorola stopped work on...
, CEO was not ported to the new platform as the cost would have been prohibitive.
CEO was often compared with IBM's offering commonly called PROFS. IBM attempted to license CEO from Data General. When Data General refused to license CEO, IBM created PROFS.