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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>The IT History Society is pleased to announce the beginnings of the IT Companies Database, a list of summary entries of every information technology company that has ever existed. The current database has over 4,600 entries and is expected to take over 2 years for near completion. The total database is expected to reach over 50,000 entries. New entries will be coming from a research project managed by the IT History Society and the greater community of interested parties.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The database is located for viewing at <a href="http://ithistory.org/companies/companies-name.php">http://ithistory.org/companies/companies-name.php</a>. Full entries can be submitted at <a href="http://ithistory.org/companies/companies-form.php">http://ithistory.org/companies/companies-form.php</a> or suggestions can be sent to <a href="mailto:info@ithistory.org">info@ithistory.org</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Other databases that exist are the IT Hardware Database located at <a href="http://ithistory.org/hardware/hardware-name.php">http://ithistory.org/hardware/hardware-name.php</a>, the IT Honor Roll located at <a href="http://ithistory.org/honor_roll/honor-roll.php">http://ithistory.org/honor_roll/honor-roll.php</a>, the IT Historical Sites located at <a href="http://ithistory.org/resource_sites/resource-sites.php">http://ithistory.org/resource_sites/resource-sites.php</a>, and the IT Technology Quotations located at <a href="http://ithistory.org/quotes/quotes.php">http://ithistory.org/quotes/quotes.php</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#584CF2'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#584CF2'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#943634'>IT History Society</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>One Blackfield Drive – Suite 331<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Tiburon, CA 94920<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#943634'>(415) 435-2263</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#365F91'><a href="mailto:info@ITHistory.org">info@ITHistory.org</a></span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.ithistory.org/">www.ITHistory.org</a></span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#365F91'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#365F91'><img border=0 width=29 height=29 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDC28F.BF275430" alt="Sm logo drop"></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#943634'>Ensuring the Future by Preserving the Past </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:#943634'> </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.twitter.com/ithistoryorg" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=135 height=49 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01CDC28F.BF275430" alt=twitter></span></a><span style='color:black'> </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/It-History-Society/143799552346273" target="_blank"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=29 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01CDC28F.BF275430" alt=find-us-on-facebook></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=RRE7C2JV47KKJ"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=92 height=26 id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.gif@01CDC28F.BF275430" alt="btn_donate_LG"></span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>