<s>
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
an	O
early	O
computer	B-Application
database	I-Application
management	O
system	O
created	O
by	O
Micro	O
Data	B-Application
Base	I-Application
Systems	O
of	O
Lafayette	O
,	O
Indiana	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1983	O
and	O
was	O
a	O
PC-sized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
database	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
promoted	O
to	O
users	O
of	O
dBase	B-Application
as	O
faster	O
database	O
and	O
using	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
computing	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
a	O
macro	O
language	O
and	O
SQL	B-Language
"	O
structured	B-Language
query	I-Language
language	I-Language
"	O
that	O
allowed	O
reports	O
,	O
its	O
own	O
spreadsheet	O
interface	O
and	O
statistical	O
graphics	O
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
pie	O
charts	O
,	O
bar	O
charts	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
David	O
Bartkus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
to	O
be	O
ported	O
from	O
a	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
separate	O
the	O
database	O
engine	O
from	O
the	O
command	O
interface	O
,	O
something	O
that	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Access	I-Application
was	O
lauded	O
for	O
a	O
decade	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Micro	O
Data	B-Application
Base	I-Application
Systems	O
developed	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
for	O
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
(	O
by	O
then	O
more	O
frequently	O
called	O
KMan	O
)	O
in	O
1985	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
popular	O
with	O
developers	O
,	O
who	O
preferred	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
software	O
's	O
command	O
line	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
they	O
introduced	O
Guru	O
,	O
an	O
expert	B-Application
system	I-Application
that	O
incorporated	O
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
's	O
database	O
and	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
,	O
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
folded	O
into	O
Guru	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Micro	O
Data	B-Application
Base	I-Application
Systems	O
folded	O
and	O
its	O
product	O
line	O
was	O
taken	O
over	O
by	O
Savitar	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
its	O
uses	O
in	O
business	O
computing	O
,	O
KnowledgeMan	B-Application
was	O
used	O
by	O
archaeologists	O
,	O
including	O
on	O
a	O
Neanderthal	O
site	O
in	O
France	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
remains	O
of	O
New	O
Amsterdam	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
and	O
elsewhere	O
,	O
by	O
physicists	O
at	O
FermiLab	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
other	O
domains	O
.	O
</s>
