Alsys

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The company Alsys, SA. (founded 1980, merged 1995) was a software development company created to support initial work on the Ada programming language.[1][2] In July 1995, Alsys merged to become Thomson Software Products (TSP),[2], which merged into Aonix in 1996.

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[edit] History

Alsys SA. the French company was founded in 1980 by Jean Ichbiah (1940-2007). Also in 1980 the American subsidiary Alsys inc. was formed with Ben Brosgol (from Intermetrics),[3] and Clive Pascal. [1][2][3]

In 1985 a British subsidiary, Alsys ltd was formed with John Barnes as the MD.[4]

During merger mania of the 1990s, Alsys was shifted into a series of mergers.

In 1991 Alsys was acquired by Thomson-CSF.[5]

In November 1992, Thomson-CSF acquired TeleSoft and merged with Alsys.[5] [6]

In July 1995, Alsys merged with MUST (to become Thomson Software Products (TSP),[2] [7]a software development corporation based in Norwalk, Connecticut (with facilities in Norwalk and San Diego, CA), which then merged to become half of Aonix in November 1996.

TSP had been a United States subsidiary of the French multinational Thomson-CSF formed by merging the Thomson subsidiary Alsys of San Diego with Must Software International of Norwalk. The company did not integrate the activities of its two components before its own merger with Interactive Development Environments, Inc. to form Aonix in November 1996.

[edit] See also

  • SIGAda

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b "Ada 83 designer Jean Ichbiah dies", Ada-Europe, 2007, webpage: AdaE-Jobit.
  2. ^ a b c d "Wide window beckons to suppliers: just do it - the Software Magazine 1995 Top 100", Colleen Frye, Deborah Melewski, Software Magazine, July 1995, webpage: FindArticles-492.
  3. ^ a b "Parallel Processing in Ada", David Parker, April 1989, webpage: CNavy-12.
  4. ^ Amazon.co.uk: High Integrity Software: The SPARK Approach to Safety and Security: John Barnes
  5. ^ a b http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0SMG/is_n10_v13/ai_14037323
  6. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-software/353031-1.html
  7. ^ http://www.allbusiness.com/technology/computer-software/485724-1.html

[edit] References

  • "Parallel Processing in Ada", David Parker, April 1989, webpage: CNavy-12.

[edit] External links

  • "Parallel Processing in Ada", David Parker, April 1989, webpage: CNavy-12.
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