History of DIALOG, Computer Pioneer from Silicon Valley
A Piece of Roger s Music Lives On: Kenton 58 at Keesler Among Roger s belongings, his wife Ginger found a CD that clearly meant something to him — a live recording of Stan Kenton and His Orchestra, captured on November 11, 1958, at Keesler Air Force Base. Ginger generously donated the disc to DIALOG-X so it Continue reading A Piece of Roger s Music Lives On: Kenton 58 at Keesler Roger Summit Music
October 17, 1930 – June 7, 2026 Roger Summit, innovative contributor to the technology of electronic search engines and 50-year resident of Los Altos Hills, died June 7 at age 95. He and wife Ginger moved to The Forum in Cupertino in 2024, where Roger organized jazz concerts and was an enthusiastic player of low-stakes poker. Continue reading Roger Summit
By DrWeb, July 11, 2026 The online search world lost one of its pioneers, Roger Summit, on 7 June 2026 Roger Summit, founder of Dialog Information Services (aka Dialog), paved the way for automated, interactive information retrieval that defined online searching some 25 years before Google existed. 7 July 2026, By Marydee Ojala In his Continue reading The online search world lost one of its…
Editor s Note: A DIALOG-X member, our employees mailing list, Christine Lewis, sent me via mail some older DIALOG documentation items, and old group photos. I am still working on the docs, but I extracted 12 photos from her PDF, and posting here now. Enjoy! If you see yourself or friends, please drop a note or Continue reading Older DIALOG HISTORY Photos Added 7/10/2026
Here s Gordon Schick s photos from the DIALOG-X Reunion 2025, August 13, 2025, at BJ s… enjoy! Special thanks to Bob Simons for arranging the reunion bash, at BJ s in Cupertino, CA. And a special request from the editor: Send me the names of anyone shown in the photos. Not only am I bad at names, I Continue reading DIALOG-X Reunion 2025
525 viewsJun 23, 2012 A professionally produced video containing interviews with Mel Day (NASA), Lee Burchinal (USOE), Bob Donati (Dialog), Roger Summit (Dialog), Jeff Pemberton (Online, Inc. CEO) and Reva Basch (AIIP). The Q A traces Dialog development from its start in 1965 to the state of information access in 1997 with some comments on the Continue reading DialogVideo: Dialog 25th Anniversary…
From YouTube: 205 views, Jun 23, 2012 The 1987 Customer Update Meeting began with a satirical video titled Microsquash that traces the history of online retrieval development at Dialog. This meeting celebrated the 25th birthday of Dialog s initiation of commercial services in 1972. The video was produced by Susan Prather and Bob Simons among others. Continue reading DialogVideo: Microsquash 1987
Here s my photos and a few videos from the DIALOG-X Reunion 2023, July 21, 2023, at BJ s… enjoy! Here s the link to my videos. Here s the link to George Plosker s photos. Reunion videos, by Michael. George Plosker s photos.
Submitted by: Roger Summit The Origins and Early History of DIALOGThe paragraphs in this section are from pp. 72-74 of Elliot King s Free for All: The Internet s Transformation of Journalism, 2010 [Ref3: King Book]: The idea that companies could put their computer expertise to work for others had many ramifications. One possibility that presented itself was that Continue reading The Origins and…
Posted by Dialog News, December 1, 2020 Even if you’re a die-hard user of the Dialog platform you may not realise how far back Dialog’s history goes. The first version of Dialog was completed in 1966, just as the earliest form of the Internet was being created. The creation of Dialog was a significant event Continue reading Dialog an IEEE Milestone Award Winner IEEE Awards