Reyes, Nina Tasha A.
Sison, Bien Emmanoel
Integrative Questions
Lotus- Mitch Kapor
1. We did not know that Kapor was once a product manager for VisiCalc.
Ans. Mitch Kapor was a product manager at product software when he wrote VisiPlot and Visitrend.
2. VisiCalc was also an assembly language but why was Lotus faster?
Ans. VisiCalc only used an 8-bit machine unlike Lotus they took the advantage of the 16 -bit architecture. Also they had more optimized code than VisiCalc.
3. Why did Lotus sue other companies?
Ans. Kapor sued the other companies because some of them were copying their style.
4. Lotus was called the “Killer App Killer”. Why?
Ans. Lotus had larger spreadsheets and integrated charting, plotting and database.
Iris Associates and Groove Networks- Ray Ozzie
1. Why did Ozzie created Iris Assoc. in 1984?
Ans. Instead of working as an employee Ozzie founded Iris Assoc. to develop the product for Lotus.
2. Ozzie was working on PLATO notes, why did he transfer to Lotus notes?
Ans. Ozzie was first working on Plato notes but he did not have a capital for his business so Mitch Kapor and Jonathan Scahs decided to invest in Ozzie’s idea that is why it became Lotus notes.
3. How did Ozzie manage people’s expectation? How did he hold his people together?
Ans. Ozzie had a belief that they will be able to change the world. He believed that what his employees were doing could have a dramatic impact to the world.
4. One of the things that I learned from Ozzie is in a business. What was it?
Ans. your employees should have the will to believe in something that they are trying to accomplish.
PYRA labs- Evan Williams
1. Evan first worked in Intel and Hp. What was is first job?
Ans. Evan first worked in Intel and HP as a web developer but later on realized that it was better to start his own company.
2. At first they called their site “Stuff” but later called their site “Blogger.com”. Who invented the term?
Ans. Peter Merholz coined the term “Blog” .
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