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It's amazing being a techie (both scientific and IT) for 47 yrs and being totaly f...... lost.

Rise and Fall
Legent Corp. was created in March 1989 by the merger of Duquesne Systems, Inc of Pittsburgh PA and Morino Associates of Vienna VA.

It was purchased in August 1995 by Computer Associates, now known as CA, Inc..

Duquesne Systems
Duquesne Systems began as a consultancy in the area of IBM mainframe performance and tuning. It developed small, inexpensive, easy to install program products in that area that were easy to understand.

The corporate culture was relaxed. The phone list was in first name order. The dress code was cauual -- usually jeans and a t-shirt.

Prior to the merger, they had raised capital via two IPO's to buy software products from other companies. One was a disk space monitor/reporter DasdMon. Another was TPX -- Terminal Productivity Executive -- a mainframe multi-session manager.

These products were enhanced and enjoyed fast acceptance.

Morino Associates
Morino Associates also began as a consultancy for owners of IBM mainframes. They were experts in gathering, storing and reporting performance data on the operation of the system and its components. Its product was MICS. It was large, had many optional components, and was relatively expensive.

The corporate culture was formal. The phone list was in last name order. The dress code was business-oriented of the era -- usually dress shirt an tie, often with suit.

Just prior to the merger, they had purchased Business Software Technology, owner of the software management product Endevor.

Merger
The merger proved to be a challenge. Each corporation was lead by a strong leader who identified with the company. Each corporate culture was quite different.