On-Line Software International, Inc. was a

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, company whose earnings reports were followed by ''

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'' in the 1980s and 1990s. It was founded in 1969. In late 1986 the company acquired

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product, which had sold it to

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in 1983;

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subsequently acquired ''On-Line Software''. RAMIS was passed along together with a front-end called ''English''.

Shareholders

A claim by former ''On-Line'' shareholder against ''Computer Associates'' resulted in a 2002 award of $5.7 million "because of violations committed during its 1991 acquisition of On-Line Software International Inc." ''CA'' was also ordered to pay "interest of $4.6 million" for the decade plus since 1991.

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