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===DIS===

The Metaphor GUI provided a unique visualization of end-to-end elements in an enterprise. In total, Metaphor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.johnweeks.com/random/metaphor/|title=A Brief History Of Metaphor Computer Systems|accessdate=2011-03-01}}</ref> branded this as a Data Interpretation System (DIS), which is a class of Decision Support System (DSS) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://dssresources.com/history/dsshistory.html|title=A Brief History of Decision Support Systems|accessdate=2006-11-02}}</ref>

The DIS software was designed to show in one workflow, the access of data from SQL databases, its analysis and then its presentation. This was accomplish by using graphically iconic applications for database gateway, spreadsheet, plot, email, and printing tools all connected by arrows. These were animated when the workflow ran. The workflow collection was called a Capsule.<ref>{{cite journal| last1 = LaPlante| first1 =Alice | date = July 24, 1989 |page=26 | title = Metaphor Workstations Run OS/2, DOS, and DIS | journal = [[InfoWorld]] | volume = 11 |issue = 30 |url=httphttps://books.google.ca/books?id=hzAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT25&dq=%22Metaphor+Computer+Systems%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XOVaT97hAqjz0gGr4cm-Dw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Metaphor%20Computer%20Systems%22&f=false }}</ref>{{Clarify|date=August 2009}}

===Capsule===

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==Patriot Partners==

Metaphor and IBM created a venture called Patriot Partners in 1990. The attempt was to create an organization that could produce a solid business line of object-oriented software.<ref>{{cite news|title='established giants seeking relief create industry implosion'

|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=f1AEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50&lpg=PA49&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|accessdate= 28 February 2012|newspaper=InfoWorld News|date=22 July 1991}}</ref> Rather than capitalize the venture, IBM purchased the Metaphor software division in 1991 and operated it as a wholly owned, independent subsidiary, and the hardware and field repair division was spun of into its own company, Sequence Support Services. In May 1992, Sequence Support Services ceased operations. In October 1994, Metaphor ceased operations.

==References==

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==Further reading==

* {{cite book | url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=2y4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=Metaphor's David Liddle Speaks out on icons | publisher=InfoWorld Magazine | date=May 13, 1985 | accessdate=March 7, 2012}}

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