KnowledgeWare was a software company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, co-founded by James Martin and run by Fran Tarkenton. It produced a Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool called IEW (Information Engineering Workbench) and a subsequent enhancement ADW (Application Development Workbench). These products contained four modules known as 'workstations': Planning, Analysis, Design, & Construction. KnowledgeWare was sold to Sterling Software in 1994,1 which was in its turn acquired by Computer Associates.2
Tarkenton is credited with having coined, "A fool with a tool is a faster fool" while offering classes at their offices on Peachtree Street.
Tarkenton, Don Addington and other executives were eventually involved in legal actions brought by the SEC for engaging in a fraudulent scheme to inflate KnowledgeWare's financial results to meet sales and earnings projections.3
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- STERLING SOFTWARE FINISHES DEAL FOR KNOWLEDGEWARE
- Dignan, Larry. "CA buys Sterling Software for $4B". CNET. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Litigation Release No. 16306 / September 28, 1999