Breakthrough Software
| Industry | Software |
|---|---|
| Founded | By 1984 |
| Defunct | 1987 |
| Fate | Merged into Symantec |
| Headquarters | Novato, California, U.S. |
| Products | Project management software |
| Brands | Time Line, Timeline |
Breakthrough Software was a software company based in Novato, California. Breakthrough developed and sold the Time Line project management software for PC DOS computers, releasing the first version in 1984,[1] and version 2.0 in July, 1985.[2] Company staff in the 1980s included William Lohse (1984-1985) as president,[3] Victoria Lohse as COO and CEO[4] and Andrew Layman as president starting in 1986.[2]
Negotiations to merge Breakthrough into Integrated Software Systems Corp. (ISSCO) reached an agreement in principle in October, 1986[4] but broke down soon afterwards when Computer Associates, developer of a different project management program, announced an agreement to acquire ISSCO.[5]
Breakthrough was acquired by Symantec in 1987. Symantec continued to release versions of Timeline until at least version 6.0 in 1994.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ Breakthrough offers project management software for IBM micro. Computerworld, 3 Sept 1984.
- ^ a b Hank Bannister. Project Software Demand Growing. InfoWorld, Jan 27, 1986. page 5.
- ^ Vendors search for next big win. Computerworld, Mar 25, 1985. page 57.
- ^ a b Issco agrees to buy maker of Time Line. InfoWorld, 13 Oct 1986.
- ^ Rachel Parker. Breakthrough to Withdraw from Merge Plans with ISSCO. InfoWorld, 15 Dec 1986.
- ^ William Brandel. Symantec to purchase rival. Computerworld. 11 April 1994. page 30.
