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5 unusual facts about Bien Logic


Bien Logic

After a well-received presentation to Simon & Schuster CEO Dick Snyder who was an early believer in handheld electronic books, CCC's CEO Ron Fortune gave a substantial contract to Bien Logic in 1993 to develop the first educational digital book on the eBook/BOOKMAN platform of Franklin.

Employees of Bien Logic contributed articles about standardization of web server log files and analysis of their content.

As an associate professor of mathematics at UCSD, Frederic Bien was encouraged by Chancellor Dick Atkinson and by Professor Pat Suppes at Stanford University; both co-founders of CCC (Computer Curriculum Corporation) then owned by Simon & Schuster.

Franklin Electronic Publishers

Franklin collaborated with Bien Logic to create educational titles for the Bookman platform.

Richard C. Atkinson

During his years at UCSD, Atkinson encouraged technology transfer and active involvement with industry; especially with small, high-technology companies, such as Bien Logic, that were forming around San Diego in the 1980s and 1990s.



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