Paul Charlton (technologist) explained

Paul Charlton is a software and hardware consultant in Silicon Valley. He was a pioneer in developing freeware and open source computer programs. He was the founder of C2B Technologies.

Timeline of notable technological contributions

• 1985 FastTerm - One of the earliest known Freeware and open-source programs for browsing and participating in online communities such as CompuServe, The Source, Delphi and Bulletin Board System networks which pre-dated the existence of the World Wide Web^{[1] ,}.^[2]
• 1987 Myarc Disk Operating System (MDOS) - operating system for consumer oriented personal computer.^[3]
• 1987 Myarc 9640 Geneve - single-board consumer oriented personal computer.
• 1994 QuickTime - market leading multimedia presentation engine for Windows, Mac OS and other platforms.
• 1996 Carbon API for Mac OS - legacy application compatibility on Apple Computer's Darwin Kernel (derived from QTML authored for QuickTime).
• 1996 Created a company named C Innovation which makes the student information system called Zangle.
• 1997 C2B Technologies, Inc - Founder and CTO of company which developed market leading Internet comparison shopping engine, company was acquired in 1998 by Inktomi,^{[4] [5]} which was later acquired by Yahoo^[6]
• 1998 Java 2D - key contributor to graphics library distributed by Sun Microsystems as part of its Java developer kits since 1998^{[7] ,}.^[8]

Education

Charlton received a BS in the disciplines of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) from RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

References

• Book: Who, Marquis . Who's Who in the World 1997 . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1997 . 978-0-8379-1117-5 .
• Book: Who, Marquis . Who's Who in America 1999: a-K . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1999 . 978-0-8379-0192-3 .
• Book: Who, Marquis . Who's Who in the Media and Communications 1998-99 . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1997 . 978-0-8379-3950-6 .
• Book: Who, Who's . Who's Who in Finance and Industry 1996-1997 . Reed Reference Publishing . New York . 1995 . 978-0-8379-0330-9 .
• Book: Who, Marquis . Who's Who in Science and Engineering . Marquis Who's Who . Chicago . 1994 . 978-0-8379-5752-4 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fast-Term. 2008-12-26.
2. Book: Albright, Ronald G. . Ronald G. Albright . The orphan chronicles . 1985 . Millers Graphics . 978-0-931831-01-0 .
3. Web site: The TI-99 Home Computer Encyclopedia: Timeline 99 - 1987. 2008-12-26.
4. News: Kormblum, Janet. Inktomi to buy C2B. C/Net News. 1 September 1998. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714205028/http://news.cnet.com/Inktomi-to-buy-C2B/2100-1001_3-215079.html. 14 July 2014. live.
5. News: Inktomi to Acquire C2B Technologies in $90 Million Deal. 2 September 1998. The New York Times.
6. 19 March 2003. Company Overview of Inktomi Corporation. Business Week. https://web.archive.org/web/20130112073958/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29933. 12 January 2013. dead.
7. Web site: Java Developer Kit Source Code. 2008-12-26.
8. Web site: Java Developer Kit Source Code. 2008-12-26.