CA-Sort was a CA product well before the Pansophic acquisition. Pansophic wasn't acquired until 1991, while CA-Sort was available in the late 70's or early 80's at the latest.
Wayne Driscoll Rocket Software Note - All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Monday, October 22, 2018 5:20 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Charles B. Wang, former Islanders owner dies, his attorney says | Newsday IIRC CA-SORT was acquired from Pansophic. It was originally PANSORT. Chuck Arney > On Oct 22, 2018, at 4:46 PM, Glenn Miller <gmil...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > > I was told that CA-SORT was designed by someone named Max, I don't recall his > last name. In late 1978, development of CA-SORT for DOS/VS(E) was > transferred to the USA from a couple of folks in Germany. > > When the software development group was transferred from Danbury, CT to > Jericho, NY, I remember Charles stopping by my office occasionally when he > would need to chat with Russ. He once told me that he "almost" felt bad > about how "little" salary he paid us vs the number of CA-SORT licenses they > were closing each month. "Almost". > > Glenn > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ================================ Rocket Software, Inc. and subsidiaries ■ 77 Fourth Avenue, Waltham MA 02451 ■ Main Office Toll Free Number: +1 855.577.4323 Contact Customer Support: https://my.rocketsoftware.com/RocketCommunity/RCEmailSupport Unsubscribe from Marketing Messages/Manage Your Subscription Preferences - http://www.rocketsoftware.com/manage-your-email-preferences Privacy Policy - http://www.rocketsoftware.com/company/legal/privacy-policy ================================ This communication and any attachments may contain confidential information of Rocket Software, Inc. All unauthorized use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Rocket Software immediately and destroy all copies of this communication. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
