Computer Corporation of America
{{Short description|Developer of database systems}}
{{Infobox company
| name=Computer Corporation of America
| logo=Computer Corporation of America logo.svg
| founded={{start date and age|1965}} in Cambridge, Massachusetts
| defunct={{end date and age|2010}}
| fate=Acquired by Rocket Software
| type=Private
| industry=Software
| products=Database systems
}}
Computer Corporation of America (CCA) was a computer software and database systems company founded in 1965.{{cite web |website=Bloomberg.com
|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapid=728447
|title=Company Overview of Computer Corporation of America}} It was best known for its Model 204 (M204) database system for IBM and compatible mainframes.
It was acquired by Rocket Software in 2010.http://www.ebizq.net/news/12526.html; acquired June 13, 2010
Corporate history
Founded in 1965, Computer Corporation of America (CCA) was a computer software and database systems. with offices in Technology Square, Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/20/us/high-technology-boom-building-up-cambridge.html
|title=High technology boom building up Cambridge
|author=Fox Butterfield |date=October 20, 1985}}
Their primary database product, first deployed in 1972, was Model 204 (M204), which ran on IBM mainframes.{{cite web
|author=Gina Scinta
|title=Model 204 v6r1: Opening New Doors
|url=http://sirius-software.com/sug05/m20461.pdf |publisher=Computer Corporation of America |accessdate=2012-10-26
|date=2005-10-10 |url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124071824/http://sirius-software.com/sug05/m20461.pdf |archivedate=January 24, 2013 }}{{rp|66}}{{cite web|title=Model 204, A Novel DBMS and Application Platform|url=http://sirius-software.com/m204.html|publisher=Sirius Software|accessdate=2012-10-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010113029/http://sirius-software.com/m204.html|archive-date=2012-10-10|url-status=dead}} It incorporates a programming language and an environment for application development.
CCA operated the ARPANET Datacomputer.
In 1992,{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990209174351/http://www.cca-int.com/corpinfo/overview.html|archive-date=1999-02-09|title=CCA Corporate Info|website=cca-int.com|url=http://www.cca-int.com/corpinfo/overview.html}} 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.{{cite web
|url=https://groups.google.com/d/topic/alt.sys.pdp10/LmLLRrpcK70
|title=System 1022 Database System}}
In 1984, CCA was purchased by Crowntek, a Toronto-based company.{{cite book
|title=Encyclopedia of Microcomputers: Volume 3
|author1=Allen Kent |author2=James G. Williams |year=1989}} Crowntek sold Computer Corporation of America's Advanced Information Technology division to Xerox Corporation in 1988.{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/25/business/company-news-xerox-acquisition.html
|title=Company News: Xerox acquisition
|date=August 25, 1988}}
The balance of CCA was acquired by Rocket Software, a Boston-based developer of enterprise infrastructure products, in April 2010.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100423005048/en/Rocket-Software-Closes-Acquisition-Computer-Corporation-America|title=Rocket Software Closes Acquisition of Computer Corporation of America|date=2010-04-23|access-date=2021-01-27|publisher=Businesswire|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808115056/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100423005048/en/Rocket-Software-Closes-Acquisition-Computer-Corporation-America|archive-date=2016-08-08}}
=CCA EMACS=
Early Ads for CCA EMACS (Computer Corporation of America) (Steve Zimmerman){{cite book
|title=Making and Unmaking Intellectual Property
|quote=Computer Corporation of America (CCA) EMACS, written by Steve Zimmerman
|author1=Christopher Kelty |author2=Mario Biagioli
|author3=Peter Jaszi |author4=Martha Woodmansee |year=2015 |isbn=9780226172491}} appeared in 1984.{{cite web
|url=http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/emacs
|title=Emacs |date=December 17, 2017}} 1985 comparisons to GNU Emacs, when it came out, mentioned free vs. $2,400.{{cite web
|title=Differences between GNU Emacs and CCA Emacs. Copyyright
|url=http://www.retro11.de/ouxr/43bsd/usr/src/new/emacs/etc/CCADIFF}}
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