Laurent Ribardière founded the French company 4D SAS and its US Subsidiary 4D Inc in 1984, when he began development of 4th Dimension (or 4D) which was code-named Silver Surfer at the time. 4D had its initial product release in 1987[1][2][3] with its own Programming Language.[4]

Laurent Ribardière

Laurent is the original author of Wakanda[5][6] and founded the Wakanda SAS company.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Overdue Apple Server Goes to Market". ComputerWorld. 26 January 1987.
  2. ^ "New Database Software Program Moves Macintosh Into The Big Leagues". chicagotribune.com.
  3. ^ "Seeking 4th Dimension? Take Heart, It's Now In Town". chicagotribune.com.
  4. ^ "High-End Mac Database Offers Own Programming Language". InfoWorld. 16 March 1987.
  5. ^ "4D Launches Wakanda JavaScript Stack for Web and Mobile Application Development". marketwired.com. June 28, 2012.
  6. ^ "4D Launches Wakanda JavaScript Stack for Web and Mobile Application Development". finance.yahoo.com. June 28, 2012.
  7. ^ "Developer & Entrepreneur, Laurent Ribardière, the first French Startuper in 1984, imagined Wakanda Platform in 2009 ! ... and launch a new Startup !". marketwired.com. June 28, 2012.