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Paul Charlton is a software and hardware consultant in Silicon Valley. He was a pioneer in developing freeware and open source computer programs. He was the founder of C2B Technologies.

Timeline of notable technological contributions

1985 FastTerm - One of the earliest known Freeware and Open Source programs for browsing and participating in online communities such as CompuServe, The Source, Delphi and Bulletin Board System networks which pre-dated the existence of the World Wide Web^[1]^,.^[2]
1987 Myarc Disk Operating System (MDOS) - operating system for consumer oriented personal computer.^[3]
1987 Myarc 9640 Geneve - single-board consumer oriented personal computer.
1994 QuickTime - market leading multimedia presentation engine for Windows, Mac OS and other platforms.
1996 Carbon API for Mac OS - legacy application compatibility on Apple Computer's Darwin Kernel (derived from QTML authored for QuickTime).
1996 Created a company named C Innovation which makes the student information system called Zangle.
1997 C2B Technologies, Inc - Founder and CTO of company which developed market leading Internet comparison shopping engine, company was acquired in 1998 by Inktomi,^[4]^[5] which was later acquired by Yahoo^[6]
1998 Java 2D - key contributor to graphics library distributed by Sun Microsystems as part of its Java developer kits since 1998^[7]^,.^[8]

Education

Charlton received a BS in the disciplines of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering (ECSE) from RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

References

Who, Marquis (1997). Who's Who in the World 1997. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-1117-5.
Who, Marquis (1999). Who's Who in America 1999: a-K. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-0192-3.
Who, Marquis (1997). Who's Who in the Media and Communications 1998-99. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-3950-6.
Who, Who's (1995). Who's Who in Finance and Industry 1996-1997. New York: Reed Reference Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8379-0330-9.
Who, Marquis (1994). Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Chicago: Marquis Who's Who. ISBN 978-0-8379-5752-4.

Citations

^ "Fast-Term" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-12-26.
^ Albright, Ronald G. The orphan chronicles. Millers Graphics. ISBN 978-0-931831-01-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "The TI-99 Home Computer Encyclopedia: Timeline 99 - 1987". Retrieved 2008-12-26.
^ Kormblum, Janet (1 September 1998). "Inktomi to buy C2B". C/Net News. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Inktomi to Acquire C2B Technologies in $90 Million Deal". The New York Times. 2 September 1998.
^ "Company Overview of Inktomi Corporation". Business Week. 19 March 2003. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Java Developer Kit Source Code". Retrieved 2008-12-26.
^ "Java Developer Kit Source Code". Retrieved 2008-12-26.

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[1] "Fast-Term" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-12-26.

[2] Albright, Ronald G. The orphan chronicles. Millers Graphics. ISBN 978-0-931831-01-0. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[3] "The TI-99 Home Computer Encyclopedia: Timeline 99 - 1987". Retrieved 2008-12-26.

[4] Kormblum, Janet (1 September 1998). "Inktomi to buy C2B". C/Net News. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[5] "Inktomi to Acquire C2B Technologies in $90 Million Deal". The New York Times. 2 September 1998.

[6] "Company Overview of Inktomi Corporation". Business Week. 19 March 2003. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[7] "Java Developer Kit Source Code". Retrieved 2008-12-26.

[8] "Java Developer Kit Source Code". Retrieved 2008-12-26.

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 *1996 [[Carbon (API)|Carbon]] [[API]] for [[Mac OS]] - legacy application compatibility on [[Apple Computer|Apple Computer's]] [[Darwin (operating system)|Darwin]] Kernel (derived from QTML authored for QuickTime).
 * 1996 Created a company named C Innovation which makes the student information system called Zangle.
-*1997 [[C2B Technologies|C2B Technologies, Inc]] - Founder and CTO of company which developed market leading [[Internet]] [[Comparison Shopping Engine|comparison shopping engine]], company was acquired in 1998 by [[Inktomi (company)|Inktomi]],<ref>{{Cite news|author=Kormblum, Janet|title=Inktomi to buy C2B|newspaper=C/Net News|date=1 September 1998|url=http://news.cnet.com/Inktomi-to-buy-C2B/2100-1001_3-215079.html|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6QmHatlM1|archivedate=2 July 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Inktomi to Acquire C2B Technologies in $90 Million Deal|date=2 September 1998|newspaper=The New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/02/business/company-news-inktomi-to-acquire-c2b-technologies-in-90-million-deal.html}}</ref> which was later acquired by [[Yahoo]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 March 2003|title=Company Overview of Inktomi Corporation|publisher=''Business Week''|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29933|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6QmX4iyZ0|archivedate=3 July 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref>
+*1997 [[C2B Technologies|C2B Technologies, Inc]] - Founder and CTO of company which developed market leading [[Internet]] [[Comparison Shopping Engine|comparison shopping engine]], company was acquired in 1998 by [[Inktomi (company)|Inktomi]],<ref>{{Cite news|author=Kormblum, Janet|title=Inktomi to buy C2B|newspaper=C/Net News|date=1 September 1998|url=http://news.cnet.com/Inktomi-to-buy-C2B/2100-1001_3-215079.html|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6QmHatlM1|archivedate=2 July 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Inktomi to Acquire C2B Technologies in $90 Million Deal|date=2 September 1998|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/09/02/business/company-news-inktomi-to-acquire-c2b-technologies-in-90-million-deal.html}}</ref> which was later acquired by [[Yahoo]]<ref>{{Cite news|date=19 March 2003|title=Company Overview of Inktomi Corporation|publisher=''Business Week''|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=29933|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6QmX4iyZ0|archivedate=3 July 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref>
 *1998 [[Java2D|Java 2D]] - key contributor to graphics library  distributed by [[Sun Microsystems]] as part of its [[Java (programming language)|Java]] developer kits since 1998<ref>{{cite web|title=Java Developer Kit Source Code|url=http://www.krugle.org/kse/entfiles/jdk/sun.com/jdk-1.5/j2se/src/share/demo/jfc/Java2D/java2d/Intro.java|accessdate=2008-12-26}}</ref><sup>,</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|title=Java Developer Kit Source Code|url=http://www.krugle.org/kse/entfiles?query=%40author%20charlton|accessdate=2008-12-26}}</ref>