Locus Computing Corporation

Locus Computing Corporation was formed in 1982 by Gerald J. Popek, Charles S. Kline and Gregory I. Thiel to commercialize the technologies developed for the LOCUS distributed operating system at UCLA. Locus was notable for commercializing single-system image software and producing the Merge package which allowed the use of DOS and Windows 3.1 software on Unix systems.

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Locus Computing Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustrySoftware
Founded1982 (1982)
FoundersGerald J. Popek, Charles S. Kline and Gregory I. Thiel
DefunctAugust 17, 1995 (1995-08-17)
FateAcquired by Platinum Technology Inc.
SuccessorPlatinum Technology
Headquarters
Santa Monica, California, later Inglewood, California
,
United States
Key people
Gerald J. Popek, CTO and chairman.
ProductsLOCUS
AIX PS/2, AIX 370
AIX TCF
OSF/1 AD
Merge
UnixWare NonStop Clusters
Number of employees
300

Locus was acquired by Platinum Technology Inc in 1995.

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