Linn Software

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Linn Software was founded in 1989 by Dr. William E. Linn. Prior to forming the company, Dr. Linn was a senior executive in the computer software industry, serving as Vice President of Research for Cullinet Software, Inc., a leading vendor of corporate database management systems software, now part of CA, Inc. Dr. Linn received his Ph.D. in Computer and Communication Sciences from the University of Michigan in 1972. He has taught undergraduate computer science courses as an associate professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.The company's first investor software product, TickerWatcher®, was developed exclusively for Apple Macintosh® computers. In the early 1990's, TickerWatcher achieved a wide following. Before the advent of Internet-based data services, the company's software products were designed for use with cable and satellite broadcast data services such as Signal, BMI, and DTN. A news and stock-quote cable-based service called X*PRESS offered by an affiliate of Telecommunications, Inc. (now part of AT&T) adopted one of the company's products as its standard Macintosh client software in 1990 and distributed the product for more than five years.In 1994, the company embarked on a major development effort to broaden its market by developing a cross-platform product for both Windows and Macintosh computers. Mark L. Tucker joined Linn Software at this time and was instrumental in the design and implementation of this advanced market analysis product to meet the needs of sophisticated traders and active investors.

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