<s>
Westinghouse	O
Disk	O
Utility	O
,	O
popularly	O
called	O
WDU	B-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
a	O
copy/backup/restore	O
program	O
for	O
IBM	O
's	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
DOS/VS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
DOS/VSE	B-Application
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1978	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
WDU	B-General_Concept
,	O
a	O
product	O
of	O
Westinghouse	O
Electric	O
Corporation	O
,	O
was	O
in	O
use	O
at	O
over	O
3,000	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
designed	O
for	O
IBM	O
's	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Westinghouse	O
continued	O
developing	O
it	O
for	O
subsequent	O
generations	O
,	O
including	O
DOS/VS	B-Application
,	O
DOS/VSE	B-Application
,	O
and	O
VM/CMS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
popularity	O
made	O
Westinghouse	O
realize	O
WDU	B-General_Concept
had	O
potential	O
as	O
a	O
commercial	O
product	O
,	O
thus	O
laying	O
the	O
foundation	O
for	O
the	O
Westinghouse	O
Software	O
Group	O
,	O
eventually	O
called	O
WEMS	O
,	O
Westinghouse	O
Management	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1972	O
,	O
IBM	O
released	O
DOS/VS	B-Application
with	O
the	O
IBM/370	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Westinghouse	O
Software	O
group	O
began	O
a	O
rewrite	O
for	O
new	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
the	O
Westinghouse	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
WDU	B-General_Concept
and	O
Westi	B-Application
,	O
bifurcated	O
,	O
taking	O
independent	O
development	O
paths	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
moved	O
to	O
Orlando	O
,	O
Florida	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
eventually	O
came	O
under	O
the	O
management	O
of	O
Dr.	O
Ray	O
Ferguson	O
and	O
focused	O
on	O
integration	O
with	O
VSE	B-Application
and	O
later	O
on	O
,	O
conjoining	O
the	O
bifurcated	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
plans	O
called	O
for	O
both	O
VM/CMS	B-Application
and	O
new	O
VSE	B-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
part	O
way	O
into	O
development	O
,	O
Westinghouse	O
began	O
to	O
break	O
up	O
the	O
division	O
during	O
the	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
thrust	O
of	O
the	O
Reaganomics	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
badly	O
managed	O
negotiations	O
,	O
Westinghouse	O
ended	O
up	O
with	O
neither	O
developers	O
or	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
partners	O
,	O
which	O
spelled	O
the	O
end	O
for	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
industries	O
foremost	O
software	O
groups	O
.	O
</s>
