Computer Corporation of America

Developer of database systems

Computer Corporation of America

Company type| Private
Industry| Software
Founded| 1965; 59 years ago (1965) in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Defunct| 2010; 14 years ago (2010)
Fate| Acquired by Rocket Software
Products| Database systems

Computer Corporation of America (CCA) was a computer software and database systems company founded in 1965.[1] It was best known for its Model 204 (M204) database system for IBM and compatible mainframes.

It was acquired by Rocket Software in 2010.[2]

## Corporate history

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Founded in 1965, Computer Corporation of America (CCA) was a computer software and database systems.[1] with offices in Technology Square, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3]

Their primary database product, first deployed in 1972, was Model 204 (M204), which ran on IBM mainframes.[4]: 66 [5] It incorporates a programming language and an environment for application development.

CCA operated the ARPANET Datacomputer.

In 1992,[6] CCA purchased the System 1022 and System 1032 assets of Software House; these database systems were designed for Digital Equipment Corporation's PDP-10 and VAX systems, respectively.[7]

In 1984, CCA was purchased by Crowntek, a Toronto-based company.[8] Crowntek sold Computer Corporation of America's Advanced Information Technology division to Xerox Corporation in 1988.[9]

The balance of CCA was acquired by Rocket Software, a Boston-based developer of enterprise infrastructure products,[2] in April 2010.[10]

### CCA EMACS

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Early Ads for CCA EMACS (Computer Corporation of America) (Steve Zimmerman)[11] appeared in 1984.[12] 1985 comparisons to GNU Emacs, when it came out, mentioned free vs. $2,400.[13]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Company Overview of Computer Corporation of America". Bloomberg.com.
2. ^ a b http://www.ebizq.net/news/12526.html; acquired June 13, 2010
3. ^ Fox Butterfield (October 20, 1985). "High technology boom building up Cambridge". The New York Times.
4. ^ Gina Scinta (2005-10-10). "Model 204 v6r1: Opening New Doors" (PDF). Computer Corporation of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 24, 2013. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
5. ^ "Model 204, A Novel DBMS and Application Platform". Sirius Software. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
6. ^ "CCA Corporate Info". cca-int.com. Archived from the original on 1999-02-09.
7. ^ "System 1022 Database System".
8. ^ Allen Kent; James G. Williams (1989). Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 3.
9. ^ "Company News: Xerox acquisition". The New York Times. August 25, 1988.
10. ^ "Rocket Software Closes Acquisition of Computer Corporation of America". Businesswire. 2010-04-23. Archived from the original on 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2021-01-27.
11. ^ Christopher Kelty; Mario Biagioli; Peter Jaszi; Martha Woodmansee (2015). Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property. ISBN 9780226172491. "Computer Corporation of America (CCA) EMACS, written by Steve Zimmerman"
12. ^ "Emacs". December 17, 2017.
13. ^ "Differences between GNU Emacs and CCA Emacs. Copyyright".

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