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Elmer C. Kubie & John W. Sheldon Found Computer Usage Company, the First Independent Software Company

1955
Computer Usage Company logo.
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Computer Usage Company logo, featuring an abacus.

Elmer C. Kubie and John W. Sheldon founded Computer Usage Company, the first independent company to specialize in software.  It declared bankrupcy in 1986.

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