Laurent Ribardière
French programmer and computer scientist
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Laurent Ribardière is a French computer scientist and businessman who founded the French database software company 4D SAS and its US Subsidiary 4D Inc.
BornMarch 11, 1964
OccupationsBusinessman, computer scientist, and programmer
Laurent Ribardière | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 11, 1964 |
| Occupations | Businessman, computer scientist, and programmer |
In 1984 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 with its own programming language.[1][2][3][4]
Laurent was also the original author of Wakanda and founded the Wakanda SAS company.[5][6][7]
Career
Ribardière began his career in 1982 by marketing a file management system.