MAI Basic Four

May Systems Corporation (M | A | I) began as one of the first minicomputer manufacturers. Beginning of the 70s was the Basic Four series one of the most successful systems for interactive office applications. Today the company occurs under the specific name of its subsidiary, Hotel Information Systems (HIS ). The company's headquarters are located in Irvine, California.

History

Established as MAI computer, the company named after a short period in Mai Basic Four, as the Business Basic, the main argument posed to purchase the MAI computer. The computers were running, starting with the ( BB1 and BB2 system ). Basic / Four Model 400, under the MAI 's operating system BOSS. In addition to the Business Basic a complete range of components and applications for corporate use has been developed. These formed the core developments such as at Nixdorf.

Mid-1980s were parts of BOSS, the Business Basic and all applications ported to Unix. The development of x86 and 68000 based systems began., MAI was there when niche manufacturers, a financially solid company, with an American standards extremely high equity ratio. For example, were all operating sites owned by the company. Both the parent company in the U.S., and the subsidiaries were profitable. This changed in 1988, when the investor Bennett LeBow MAI and took in November 1988 tried to take on the financial resources of MAI computer manufacturer Prime. However, Prime was able to fend off the takeover.

May then ran into financial difficulties. As a result, all foreign subsidiaries were taken over and liquidated into the parent company. Through extensive sale of all assets the company was able to be saved, but a continued existence as a hardware manufacturer was not possible. The further development of the software got into trouble.

As a result, the company maintenance activities survived to their former products. It also came in 1993 to the important for the U.S. Copyright Law Court decision in the case of MAI Peak Computer, during which it was determined that the start of a program is a copy thereof to the explicit permission of the copyright holder is necessary.

Since the takeover of the company Hotel Information Systems in 2002 May enters public to just under that name.

• Software Manufacturer (United States)
• Hardware Manufacturers (United States)
• Company (California )
• Irvine ( CA )