Cornerstone (software)

Relational database for MS-DOS CornerstoneDeveloperInfocomRelease1985; 41 years ago (1985)Operating systemMS-DOSTypeRelational database Cornerstone is a relational database for MS-DOS released by Infocom, a company best known in the 1980s for developing interactive fiction video games. Initially hailed upon release in 1985 for its ease of use, a series of shortcomings and changes in the market kept Cornerstone from achieving success. It is considered a key factor in Infocom's demise. Development Although well known for its interactive fiction games, Infocom was not founded as a video game company, but to develop business products. Before forming the company, several of the founders had created the game Zork on mainframes while attending or working at MIT. When they joined to form Infocom, Zork was a natural choice as a first product because it was practically complete and didn't require much up-front funding. The enormous success of the game and its sequels (which were actually the other portions of the original mainframe game, which had been split into pieces that early personal computers could handle) led to the development of more interactive titles, due in large part to the hig