Variable-data publishing may be performed on everything from a personal computer to a mainframe system.
Server-based systems similar to the earlier mainframe systems were developed.
In 1989, the Sargon program for personal computers defeated a mainframe system.
Sales of mainframe systems are still thought to be earning the biggest profit.
The company told analysts yesterday that problems with a line of mainframe systems would move certain revenue into the fourth quarter.
Such ordinal date formats are also used by many computer programs (especially those for mainframe systems).
The company was established in 1974, originally as a software house developing applications for mainframe systems.
The new company was going to develop a mainframe systems management tool.
Many mainframe systems were sold with what was, in effect, a throttle to limit their performance.
It allowed individual users and companies to connect to a variety of mainframe systems, including Compuserve.