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1982 Compeda was the largest UK-owned firm in the fast expanding market of computer science.<ref>The Engineer 1982/04/22</ref> | 1982 Compeda was the largest UK-owned firm in the fast expanding market of computer science.<ref>The Engineer 1982/04/22</ref> | ||
When the UK government decided to privatise (sell) anything that did not need to be government owned, '''Compeda Ltd''' was sold to [[Prime Computer|Prime Computer Inc.]] for a net negative sum of money. Prime Computer decided that PDMS had no commercial value or future and returned the marketing rights for the product to [[ | When the UK government decided to privatise (sell) anything that did not need to be government owned, '''Compeda Ltd''' was sold to [[Prime Computer|Prime Computer Inc.]] for a net negative sum of money. Prime Computer decided that PDMS had no commercial value or future and returned the marketing rights for the product to [[AVEVA Group|CADCentre]].<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDMS_(software) Wikipedia]</ref> | ||
CADCentre was later privatised | CADCentre was later privatised | ||
2001 CADCentre changed its name to [[ | 2001 CADCentre changed its name to [[AVEVA Group|AVEVA]]. | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
Revision as of 20:27, 25 January 2016
British Technology Group established a company, Compeda Ltd, to exploit software developed and owned by the government; they took over the marketing and user support of PDMS, while the software continued to be developed by the CADCentre, with funding from Compeda.
1982 Compeda was the largest UK-owned firm in the fast expanding market of computer science.[1]
When the UK government decided to privatise (sell) anything that did not need to be government owned, Compeda Ltd was sold to Prime Computer Inc. for a net negative sum of money. Prime Computer decided that PDMS had no commercial value or future and returned the marketing rights for the product to CADCentre.[2]
CADCentre was later privatised
2001 CADCentre changed its name to AVEVA.
See Also
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