> Were the SIS and SAS applications ever finished?  Were they widely
used?
> What became of them?

The long and short of it is - yes, they were finished (and marketed).
However, in the early 80's HP decided to get out of the software
business for software products that didn't directly affect their
business.  As a result, they sold the source code - as is - to a number
of companies.  The ones that come to mind are Carter-Schaefer (Houston),
Pertaine Systems (Redwood City) and Ace Software (somewhere in Ohio).
To my knowledge, Ace is no longer around.  Carter-Schaefer & Pertaine
Systems became Carter^Pertaine.  Quintessential School Systems split off
of Carter^Pertaine in the early to mid 90's and recently purchased
Carter^Pertaine.  There are a number of sites still using the software
that was based on these two products - albeit they are in vastly
different formats.  There are also a number of schools and colleges
which have taken the source code and developed independent versions.
Many of those are still operating as well.

The SIS (Student Information System) was by far the most stable and
complete of the two products.  The SAS (Student Assignment System) had a
number of bugs that the various companies chose to deal with in
different ways.

I think a good source of information on the products which survive based
on these originals would be Duane Percox (the "Per" portion of
Carter^Pertaine and a founding partner of Quintessential School
Systems).

Glenn Koster
(Former developer / mgr for Carter^Schaefer & employee of Quintessential
School Systems)

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