<s>
CGram	B-Application
Software	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Swansea-based	O
software	O
authoring	O
company	O
established	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
accounting	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
enterprise	O
resource	O
planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
,	O
CRM	O
,	O
production	O
control	O
and	O
supply	O
chain	O
management	O
software	O
for	O
small	O
to	O
medium-sized	O
companies	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
long	O
history	O
in	O
the	O
UNIX	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
commercial	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CGram	B-Application
Software	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Emrys	O
Jones	O
and	O
Terry	O
Crook	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
started	O
developing	O
a	O
Unix	B-Application
manufacturing	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
was	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
being	O
actively	O
involved	O
with	O
UKUUG	O
(	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
Unix	B-Application
&	O
Open	O
Systems	O
User	O
Group	O
)	O
,	O
becoming	O
temporary	O
chairman	O
in	O
1982	O
and	O
was	O
Chairman	O
of	O
the	O
European	O
Unix	B-Application
User	O
Group	O
until	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CGram	B-Application
Software	I-Application
started	O
shipping	O
the	O
first	O
Unix	B-Application
Manufacturing	O
system	O
in	O
1984	O
written	O
in	O
'	O
C	O
 '	O
,	O
being	O
sold	O
on	O
Plexus	O
and	O
Arete	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
were	O
Motorola	B-Device
MC68000	I-Device
based	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
problem	O
with	O
the	O
MC68000	B-Device
was	O
that	O
every	O
manufacturer	O
had	O
its	O
own	O
system	O
of	O
memory	O
addressing	O
,	O
which	O
made	O
portability	O
a	O
challenge	O
for	O
software	O
add-on	O
vendors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allowed	O
CGram	O
to	O
offer	O
their	O
manufacturing	O
system	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
other	O
MC68000	B-Device
systems	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Fortune	O
&	O
Sperry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
discontinued	O
its	O
original	O
manufacturing	O
system	O
,	O
developing	O
a	O
new	O
ERP	O
system	O
with	O
a	O
desktop	O
client	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
and	O
Swing	B-Language
communicating	O
over	O
the	O
internet	O
with	O
server-side	O
software	O
written	O
in	O
C	O
.	O
</s>
