Robert Carr (born 1956) is credited as the architect of
GO Corporation
GO Corporation was founded in 1987 to create portable computers, an operating system, and software with a pen-based user interface. It was famous not only for its pioneering work in Pen-based computing but as well as being one of the most well- ...
's
PenPoint OS
The PenPoint OS was a product of GO Corporation and was one of the earliest operating systems written specifically for graphical tablets and personal digital assistants. It ran on AT&T Corporation's EO Personal Communicator as well as a number ...
.
He subsequently served as Vice President of the AutoCAD Market Group at Autodesk, Inc., where he led Internet work, managed 330 staff and was responsible for its flagship product, AutoCAD. He also created the
Framework
A framework is a generic term commonly referring to an essential supporting structure which other things are built on top of.
Framework may refer to:
Computing
* Application framework, used to implement the structure of an application for an op ...
integrated office suite.
References
Further reading
* Susan Lammers: ''Programmers at Work - Interviews'' (), Microsoft Press 1986. In depth interviews with PC Software pioneers including Dan Bricklin, Robert Carr, Bill Gates and Andy Hertzfeld.
* Robert Carr, Dan Shafer: ''The Power of PenPoint'' (), Addison-Wesley 1991. Outlines a vision for pen computing and provides a detailed description of the unique user interface and architecture of the PenPoint operating system.
Tapping the SaaS PotentialInterview of Robert Carr about framework
Robert's current startup, Keep and Share
Stanford University alumni
American software engineers
1956 births
Living people
Scientists at PARC (company)
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