Traf-O-Data
Sign in to saveTraf-O-Data was a business partnership between Bill Gates, Paul Allen and Paul Gilbert that existed in the 1970s. The objective was to read the raw data from roadway traffic counters and create reports for traffic engineers. The company had only modest success but the experience was instrumental in the creation of Microsoft Corporation a few years later.
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- Instance of
- commercial organization
- Country
- United States
- Founded by
- Paul Allen
- Industry
- transportation engineering
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- Traf-O-Data Computer.jpg
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- inception
- 1972-00-00
- replaced by
- Microsoft
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Traf-O-Data è la prima società formata da Bill Gates e Paul Allen, con la partecipazione di Paul Gilbert, nel 1972. Fu fondata per commercializzare un computer capace di leggere ed elaborare i dati degli apparecchi di rilevamento del traffico. La società non ebbe un grande successo ma l'esperienza maturata servì in seguito per la creazione di Microsoft.
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