Simonyi joined microsoft in 1981 and oversaw the creation of many of microsofts most wellknown productivity products. Intentional software is led by former microsoft executive and office product. Its tools include language workbenches, tools that separated software function from implementation, and allowed languagefocused development. At rational, he led product management and built an industry leadership position for rational rose, the leading umlsysml product for designing and generating software programs. The intentional platform makes it easier to build richer and smarter productivity apps, said jim ni, director of product management and marketing for the bellevue company. Magnus christerson business profile intentional software. Use the pitchbook platform to explore the full profile. Intentional software, founded in 2002, was initially focused on making programming more accessible for developing software applications, butthe company has evolved in recent years to develop. Microsoft acquires intentional software to simplify future office 365.
He started and led microsofts applications group, where he built the first versions of microsoft office suite of applications. Software developers richard brodie and charles simonyi joined the microsoft team in 1981, and in 1983 they released multitool word for computers that ran a version of the unix operating system os. See 1 photo from 14 visitors to intentional software corporation. Microsoft acquires intentional software, headed by office. Planned obsolescence also called builtin obsolescence or premature obsolescence in industrial design and economics is a policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life, so that it becomes obsolete i. Intentional software is a software company that designed tools and platforms that follow the principles of intentional programming in which programmers focus on capturing the intent of users and designers, and spend as little time as possible interacting with machines and compilers.
All content is posted anonymously by employees working at intentional software. Microsoft acquires intentional software and brings old friend back. View profile view profile badges get a job like faiths. The paper proposes a move towards a description of software product line in intentional terms, i. If that seems vague to you, youre not alone, but apparently the company brings some expertise. Apr 26, 2018 the importance of intentional customer focus for the entire corporation is having competitive advantage in brand equity, product service pipelines, operational performance, employee recruitment and retention, and sustainable growth. Intentional software corporation s mission is to make the worlds knowledge more accessible and useful. The address is 1 microsoft way, redmond, wa 980528300. Jul 15, 2015 patents assigned to intentional software corporation detecting and animating a change in position of a visual layout node of a visual layout tree patent number. Intentional software corporation is a business entity registered at washington secretary of state. See who you know at intentional software corporation, leverage your professional network, and get hired. With the acquisition of innovator intentional software, microsoft looks to. Intentional programming ip, also called intentional software, is the rendering of application intentions in a form that can be processed by a computer.
The company provides software to help companies process their business knowledge. Intentional software corp company profile and news. Patents assigned to intentional software corporation justia. Only intentional would make such a release and not bother to tell anyone. Microsoft to acquire intentional software to expand future productivity capabilities. Microsoft is to acquire intentional software, a company that has been. Intentional software corporation 1 microsoft way, redmond. Apr 18, 2017 microsoft announced today that it was acquiring bellevuebased intentional software for an undisclosed amount of money. I have been working at intentional software fulltime for more than 3 years pros very high quality developer team, casual and flexible work environment, unique opportunities in both business and tech. Microsoft to acquire intentional software to build productivity portfolio. Its tools include language workbenches, tools that separated software function from implementation, and allowed. Oopsla 06 proceedings of the 21st annual acm sigplan conference on objectoriented. Microsoft is acquiring intentional software, a bellevue, wash. Thereafter, we propose our process to show how to use this model.
Intentional software corporation tech startup in northwest. Microsoft is acquiring intentional software, founded by office. Aug 06, 2002 intentional software corporation is a business entity registered at washington secretary of state. Rajesh jha executive vice president, office product group.
Apr 20, 2009 indeed intentional had released a version 1. Bellevue, washington, united states industries collaboration, productivity tools, software headquarters regions greater seattle area, west coast, western us founded date 2002 founders charles simonyi operating status active funding. Were excited about the companys work on productivity applications, especially given our focus of putting people at the center of experiences and our. Intentional software manifesto we are a group of individuals who desire to build technology tools, products, systems, platforms, frameworks and establish technological guidelines and principles to advance gods kingdom in the bay area and around the world. Learn about working at intentional software corporation. Information on acquisition, funding, investors, and executives for intentional software. Intentional software product line global journals inc. Apr 18, 2017 rajesh jha executive vice president, office product group. He was employed by microsoft in 1981, where he hired and managed teams that developed microsoft word.
As chief designer for word and excel he changed how people use computers. Faith allington principal product manager intentional. Apr 18, 2017 intentional softwares technology and talent will enhance our existing capabilities and strengthen our ability to add new tools and services to microsofts robust productivity offering. Apr 18, 2017 intentional software, founded in 2002, was initially focused on making programming more accessible for developing software applications, but the company has evolved in recent years to develop. Microsoft to acquire intentional software to expand future. Intentional software corporation operates as a provider of software solutions and technology. Founded in 2002 by charles simonyi, a pioneer in the area of intentional programming, intentional software was initially focused on how to make programming less complicated. To determine whether the intentional software process has succeeded, the intention of the developer must be compared with what the application functions actually do. Louie invents market up, new business inventory control software, and applies for a patent. Intentional software is supported by a domain workbench tool where multiple domains can be defined, created, edited, transformed and integrated during software creation. The company provides software to help companies process their. Microsoft acquires intentional software to simplify future. Aug 18, 2011 intentional software is a concept by which application functions are rendered to simulate the way a computer will manipulate an application.
The washingtonbased company is working on a platform for team. He also was director of product management at rational and a consultant for companies like citigroup, qwest. Intentional software uses 10 technology products and services including. Intentional software corp company profile and news bloomberg. Its tools include language workbenches, tools that separated. Microsoft announced today that it plans to acquire intentional software intentional software was founded in 2002 by microsoft luminary charles simonyi, who had overseen the early development of. Foursquare uses cookies to provide you with an optimal experience, to personalize ads that you may see, and to help advertisers measure the results of their ad campaigns. Genuine, intelligent and hard working senior management team. Simonyi left microsoft in 2002 to launch intentional.
Jul 12, 2016 intentional softwares mission is to reinvent productivity software. Their focus is to improve productivity and accelerate innovation by empowering knowledge workers to work more effectively with. Intentional software corporations mission is to make the worlds knowledge more accessible and useful. Intentional software corporation 1911 followers on linkedin intentional is creating innovative software that will. Microsoft acquires intentional software and brings old friend. Intentional softwares technology and talent will enhance our existing capabilities and strengthen our ability to add new tools and services to microsofts robust productivity offering. Microsoft has reached an agreement to acquire intentional software, a bellevue, wash. Intentional software is a software company that designed tools and platforms that follow the. With the purchase, charles simonyi, intentional founder, chairman, and cto, who helped develop some of microsoft s famous office tools like excel and word returns to microsoft. Intentional software isc is the software development company founded by charles simonyi, former chief architect of microsoft and arguably the most successful programmer in the world. If louie is granted a patent, it will protect the product a. Apr 19, 2017 microsoft just recently announced the acquisition of intentional software, a tech company with a focus on team productivity applications founded in 2002 by microsofts own former chief architect. Microsoft is acquiring intentional software, founded by.
Microsoft makes productivity play with intentional software. Microsoft acquires intentional software and brings old. Charles simonyi is cofounder, president and ceo of intentional software corporation. Apr 18, 2017 microsoft has today announced it will acquire intentional software, a company that specializes in workplace productivity software. Intentional software is led by former microsoft executive and office product development guru charles simonyi, who once led the team that created microsoft products like word and excel.
Were excited about the companys work on productivity applications, especially given our focus of putting people at the center of experiences and our continued effort to reimagine collaboration. Microsoft word, wordprocessor software launched in 1983 by the microsoft corporation. Jul 01, 2019 prior to intentional software he held multiple positions at rational software, a software development company, including director of product management and strategy. Apr 24, 2017 intentional software is led by former microsoft executive and office product development guru charles simonyi, who once led the team that created microsoft products like word and excel. Apr 18, 2017 intentional programming is described as an improvement to the software development process by defining terms within an integrated development environment.
In this context, intentions consist of data defining the functions and purposes programmers have in mind as they conceive and develop an application. Principal product manager at intentional software corporation. May 19, 2010 magnus christerson is vp, product management, at intentional software corporation. Over the past few years, the intentional software team has applied their programming expertise to develop productivity scenarios for the future workforce. Intentional software forges exclusive partnership with. They are creating the next generation of knowledge work by combining knowledge processing with group productivity. Microsoft to acquire team productivity company intentional. We present ispl, the model to describe intentional software product line.
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