Online Before the Internet: Early Pioneers Tell Their Stories: parts 3 and 4: Carlos Cuadra and Roger Summit

Part 3: “Online Before the Internet” continues a series of interviews with selected industry pioneers who were responsible for the first online wave. This segment features Dr. Carlos A. Cuadra, originator and champion of ORBIT Search Service (1972-1978), and currently principal of Cuadra Associates, Inc. Los Angeles, California [http://www.cuadra.com]. Dr. Cuadra was interviewed at his offices in April 2000. Later in the conversation, Judith Wanger, a colleague at SDC Search Service and Executive Vice President at Cuadra Associates, joined the group. Part 4: This fourth segment features Dr. Roger K. Summit, who was responsible for design and development in 1966 of the first large-scale, computer-based interactive information retrieval system. Called Dialog, it was used as the basis for Dialog Information Services [http://www.dialog.com], established in 1972. Dr. Summit remained president until his retirement in 1991 and is currently chairman emeritus of Dialog. He was interviewed in Mountain View, California, in April 2000.