Paul Charlton (technologist)
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Paul Charlton is a software and hardware consultant in Silicon Valley. He was a pioneer in developing freeware and open source computer programs. He was the founder of C2B Technologies.
Timeline of notable technological contributions
- 1985 FastTerm - One of the earliest known Freeware and open-source programs for browsing and participating in online communities such as CompuServe, The Source, Delphi and Bulletin Board System networks which pre-dated the existence of the World Wide Web[1],.[2]
- 1987 Myarc Disk Operating System (MDOS) - operating system for consumer oriented personal computer.[3]
- 1987 Myarc 9640 Geneve - single-board consumer oriented personal computer.
- 1994 QuickTime - market leading multimedia presentation engine for Windows, Mac OS and other platforms.
- 1996 Carbon API for Mac OS - legacy application compatibility on Apple Computer's Darwin Kernel (derived from QTML authored for QuickTime).
- 1996 Created a company named C Innovation which makes the student information system called Zangle.
- 1997 C2B Technologies, Inc - Founder and CTO of company which developed market leading Internet comparison shopping engine, company was acquired in 1998 by Inktomi,[4][5] which was later acquired by Yahoo[6]
- 1998 Java 2D - key contributor to graphics library distributed by Sun Microsystems as part of its Java developer kits since 1998[7],.[8]
Education
Charlton received a BS in the disciplines of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) from RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
References
- Who, Marquis (1997). Who's Who in the World 1997. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-1117-5.
- Who, Marquis (1999). Who's Who in America 1999: a-K. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-0192-3.
- Who, Marquis (1997). Who's Who in the Media and Communications 1998-99. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-3950-6.
- Who, Who's (1995). Who's Who in Finance and Industry 1996-1997. New York: Reed Reference Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8379-0330-9.
- Who, Marquis (1994). Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-5752-4.
Citations
- ↑ "Fast-Term" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ↑ Albright, Ronald G. (1985). The orphan chronicles. Millers Graphics. ISBN 978-0-931831-01-0.
- ↑ "The TI-99 Home Computer Encyclopedia: Timeline 99 - 1987". Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ↑ Kormblum, Janet (1 September 1998). "Inktomi to buy C2B". C/Net News. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
- ↑ "Inktomi to Acquire C2B Technologies in $90 Million Deal". The New York Times. 2 September 1998.
- ↑ "Company Overview of Inktomi Corporation". Business Week. 19 March 2003. Archived from the original on 12 January 2013.
- ↑ "Java Developer Kit Source Code". Retrieved 2008-12-26.
- ↑ "Java Developer Kit Source Code". Retrieved 2008-12-26.
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