Parc Place Systems

Software spinoff from Xerox PARC, founded to commercialize the Smalltalk programming language and related technology.
Timeline of ParcPlace Systems
1989 - Founded by Adele Goldberg and others from PARC
1990 - Released Smalltalk 2.5 system on Unix, Windows, and Macintosh systems
1991 - Released VisualWorks, which was a rewrite of the graphics and windowing system from the 2.5 release
1994 - Became publicly traded company
1995 - Merged with Digitalk to become ParcPlace-Digitalk
1997 - Changed name to ObjectShare
1999 - Business assets sold to Cincom, who still sells Smalltalk system today
 
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