General Software was a Washington, USA based creator and supplier of system software headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. It was founded in 1989 by Steve Jones and later incorporated in 1990 as General Software, Inc. In 2008, the company was purchased by Phoenix Technologies, Inc.
General Software developed firmware to support telecommunications, data communications, UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer), general consumer electronics, and support models designed for embedded ODMs (Original Design Manufacturer) and OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer).
Some of the products included General Software OEM-DOS, Network-DOS, Embedded DOS, Embedded DOS-ROM, Embedded DOS-XL and Embedded BIOS.
In 1998 they partnered with Caldera Thin Clients, Inc. in order to ship their Embedded BIOS with Caldera DR-DOS.
See also
- Datalight ROM-DOS
References
- Phoenix Technologies to buy General Software 2008-07-24^
- Caldera Thin Clients, Inc. Caldera Thin Clients, Inc. and General Software, Inc. partner to provide embedded OS and embedded BIOS 1998-11-02, retrieved 2018-08-29^
- Caldera unveals embedded browser, allies with reseller Datamonitor / Gale, Cengage Learning, 1998-11-03, retrieved 2018-08-25^
- Caldera, General Software To Provide Embedded OS, BIOS Wireless Design Online / VertMarkets, Inc., 1998-11-09, retrieved 2018-08-25^
- Alternatives, Alternatives… - Alternative DOS flavours 4dos.info, 2008-07-25, retrieved 2020-01-09^