DBA
(Place, tavern, firm, Yugoslavia)
Underground, 2021.
Cofounded by me and Vanji in 1989. A lot of its early history should be on these pages. A very successful software company, with customers all over the place - most of Serbia, from near Hungarian border all the way to Sombor and Čoka in the North, Prijepolje in the South, Sisak in the West, and Vršac in the east. Great geek fun until fall of the crazy 1993, when it all went south.
Initially used two rooms in Dom. Then two bigger ones in Students'. Then bought space in the underground under the square connecting the bridge and main street, in front of sdk.
The first team, as congregated in the first month, included the two of us, then Sale, Blaža, Brata, Grgi, Nena.
By the end of the first year, added Milka, Rade,Gradek, Fefi, Carp andŠteva. Stayed like that until 1993, when it became interesting.
There was once a conclusion that there were three guys of importance for the development of the IT sector in town at the time - Žića, Big Ćale and the CEO of metal kombinat, who didn't let their IT teams go openly on the market and service other oours, „nobody will get [undeservedly] rich on my watch“, which led to their best programmers flight into DBA. In latter years, there will be two important additions to this hall of fame: first, Sale (or, rather, his wife) will likewise cause the splinter into Avai, and then Vanji will lead to me becoming a gastarbajter once more and the founding of USquad. Quite a genealogy.
Mentions: A word from the author, 07-VI-1988., Ljubljana, july 1988., 01-IV-1989., 10-IV-1989., 20-IV-1989., 01-V-1989., 15-V-1989., june 1989., 22-VI-1989., 01-VIII-1989., 12-X-1989., november 1989., 29-XII-1989., 20-I-1990., 03-V-1990., 10-V-1990., 17-V-1990., july 1990., 11-IX-1990., Origins of New York, 06-X-1990., Wienerschule, 02-XI-1990., february 1991., Hatching corollas, march 1991., The big import, 02-IV-1991., 14-IV-1991., june 1991., 12-VII-1991., 19-IX-1991., november 1991., december 1991., january 1992., 20-II-1992., 08-III-1992., april 1992., 07-V-1992., june 1992., 02-VI-1992., Office dictionary, 03-VI-1992., 12-VI-1992., 20-VI-1992., september 1992., november 1992., december 1992., 01-V-1993., july 1993., 08-VIII-1993., 20-VIII-1993., 23-IX-1993., 01-X-1993., 12-XI-1993., Shit waited long enough to happen, 17-XI-1993., 23-XI-1993., 25-XII-1993., 01-I-1994., 02-II-1994., 08-IV-1994., 15-IV-1994., 22-IV-1994., 08-V-1994., 12-VII-1994., 14-XI-1994., 21-XI-1994., 30-XI-1994., 05-VI-1995., 23-VIII-1995., 28-X-1995., 27-XI-1995., 20-XII-1995., 29-XII-1995., 08-II-1996., 25-II-1996., 28-II-1996., 10-IV-1996., 17-V-1996., 21-IX-1997., 20-X-1997., 09-VII-1998., 10-II-1999., 29-III-1999., 28-IX-2000., 17-V-2001., 03-XII-2001., 18-IX-2003., Isabel hurricane, 27-III-2004., 16-V-2004., 27-V-2004., 23-VII-2004., 05-VIII-2005., 07-VIII-2005., 20-X-2007., 12-VII-2010., 04-IX-2010., 01-V-2011., 11-I-2012., 18-V-2012., 13-VIII-2012., 25-XII-2013., 21-IV-2014., 18-I-2017., 06-VIII-2019., 10-IX-2019., 17-IX-2019., Brandy course, 31-I-2020., 12-VIII-2020., 24-VIII-2020., Officially retired, 03-III-2021., 01-VII-2021., 12-VII-2021., 09-VIII-2021., 15-X-2021., 19-VIII-2022., 24-X-2022., 06-III-2023., Aleksandar Raskov (Sale), altos, assets app, atariST, Atila Gereg (Grgi), Avai, Blagoje Vrbović (Blaža), blockout, Branko Glumač, Brata Avramov, budžinbulevar, DBA, DentoSys, dijeta, DL2400, Dom omladine, Elmont, Emerencija Nerdelji (Rencika), erc, Ferenc Farkaš (Fefi), fox, gastarbajter, GenerAll, Goran Staković (Brlja), Gradinka Peretić (Gradek), Gradivoj Čović, Ileš Notaroš, Joška Apro, Jovan Dimijan (Zeki), juski, klaanca, kombinat, LebarProm, Mališa Borkovski (Borko), Marina Čikezin, Marinko Protić, MEC, Merima Tabarski (Mima), Milka Petrov, ms Rašetić, MXM, Nevena Žaja (Nena), Njujork, oour, Ostojin (Gargamel), Pavle Džeferdarević (Jolpaz), psionOrg, Rade Peretić, Rista Stančulov (Rile), sdk, setkey.prg, slovima, Srđan Fejlečki (Serž), Stevan Garaj (Števa), Students' cooperative, Tanasije Rijepić (Taho), Tasa Radenkov (Carp), upitig2.prg, USquad, Ventura, Vilmoš Baranji (Vanji), Višnja Dubajić, yugo, zanatlija, Zdravko Smetovački (Zova), zmajček, Zvezdana, Željko Žaja, Žića, Živa Vilin (Big Ćale), in serbian