:ObjecTime
{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}
{{Infobox company
| name = ObjecTime Limited
| industry = software
| founded = 1992
| hq_location = Kanata, Ontario
| products = Real-Time Object-Oriented Modelling
}}
ObjecTime Limited of Kanata, Ontario was a software company with the known software product ObjecTime Developer.
Founding of ObjecTime and early years
ObjectTime was founded in 1992 by former employees of Bell-Northern Research who worked on the Telos project. The company developed the product of the same name.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
In 1994, the ObjecTime language was renamed to "ROOM" (Real-Time Object-Oriented Modelling) and the [https://www.amazon.com/Real-Time-Object-Oriented-Modeling-Bran-Selic/dp/0471599174/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508785762&sr=8-1&keywords=Real-time+object-oriented+modeling Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling (ROOM) book] was published.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
In 1998, a UML version of the ROOM language, created as the "UML-RT" profile, was made available.{{Citation needed|date=August 2020}}
Acquisition of ObjecTime
Rational Software (developer of the product known as Rational Rose), had been collaborating with ObjecTime Limited since 1997. At the beginning of the year 2000, Rational Software acquired ObjecTime Limited. Their respective products — Rational Rose and ObjecTime Developer — were then merged into a product that was rechristened Rational Rose RealTime.
In 2002, Rational Software was acquired by IBM, which elected to adopt the products.{{Cite web|last=Lohr|first=Steve|date=7 December 2002|title=I.B.M. to Acquire Rational In Big Move Into Software|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/07/business/ibm-to-acquire-rational-in-big-move-into-software.html#:~:text=Cooking%2Donly%20subscribers.-,I.B.M.,new%20chief%20executive%2C%20Samuel%20J.|access-date=22 December 2020|website=The New York Times}}{{Cite web|last=McCarthy|first=Glenda|date=7 December 2002|title=IBM to Purchase Rational Software|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-dec-07-fi-rational7-story.html|access-date=22 December 2020|website=Los Angeles Times}}
Resources
As of 2006, IBM continues to make legacy documentation available on the following products:
- [https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/rational/docs/documentation/manuals/objectime.html ObjecTime — legacy documentation]
- [https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/rational/docs/documentation/manuals/rose.html Rational Rose — current and legacy documentation]
- [https://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/rational/docs/documentation/manuals/rosert.html Rational Rose RealTime — current and legacy documentation]
References
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External links
- [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-14-1999/0001096611&EDATE= Press release on the Rational-ObjecTime merger]
- [https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471599174 Real-Time Object-Oriented Modeling book on Amazon]