Anything interesting if browse the load modules for eye-catchers?
Thanks!
BobL
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Subject: [EXT] Xpediter: Same Debugger from Competing Vendors???
I'm trying to nail down the origin of Xpediter.
We all know it is now exclusively marketed by Compuware, but was this*always*
the case?
I find *multiple* Computerworld articles from the mid-80s with ads by
"Application Development Systems, Inc" promoting an IBM Mainframe
Batch/TSO/VM/CICS debugging product called "Xpediter".
For examples, see:
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3DmXEbp4U3AT8C-26pg-3DPA103&d=DwIFaQ&c=MWFkEADu9ctt4KEmLIuwsQ&r=2NwYDhbHSLSk8Y20BtkXqDR04_yd_pXjwSDkT22AeGs&m=HdPIldRlHebeiifeMV746jLuOFfkLpQlnrOFSUO7-Qo&s=lftViEdbVmht-GILwYVc3YK5rJTprzihYuw-QEWv9d0&e=
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3D0OuJCcQkEzEC-26pg-3DPA10-2DIA29&d=DwIFaQ&c=MWFkEADu9ctt4KEmLIuwsQ&r=2NwYDhbHSLSk8Y20BtkXqDR04_yd_pXjwSDkT22AeGs&m=HdPIldRlHebeiifeMV746jLuOFfkLpQlnrOFSUO7-Qo&s=YfcTDUU562Lgsw5j-AqOh_-3Tio9z75GwEUhoKmJplQ&e=
https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__books.google.com_books-3Fid-3Da8FBzsfoBZEC-26pg-3DPA87&d=DwIFaQ&c=MWFkEADu9ctt4KEmLIuwsQ&r=2NwYDhbHSLSk8Y20BtkXqDR04_yd_pXjwSDkT22AeGs&m=HdPIldRlHebeiifeMV746jLuOFfkLpQlnrOFSUO7-Qo&s=rtqicfn32ObVPcWRmOps3mgyuXLMY7FyLs8nmRYlCFE&e=
None of these ads give *any* indication that Xpediter is a Compuware product,
yet the description *clearly* matches the Compuware product we all know.
Was this a product which Compuware later acquired?
( I doubt this, as I find other pages which say Compuware launched Xpediter
v1.0 some time in the '70s ) Was this a true competing product from a
*different* vendor which just happened to have the same name as the famous
Compuware product?
( I doubt this as I'm sure Compuware would have filed a lawsuit for trademark
infrigement but I can't find any evidence that such a suit was ever filed) Was
"Application Development Systems" a licensee which sold Xpediter independently?
( This seems most likely, yet I can find no evidence to conclusively support
this )
Anyone here know the skinny on this?
Gregory Kurtz??
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