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Listed With Edison, Wright Brothers, Gates in Annals of Industrial Automation
Dennis Morin, a leader in Orange County's burgeoning software industry in the 1980s, passed away last week after battling cancer.
He was 65.
Morin's legacy dates back to 1987, when he started Wonderware Corp. in Irvine with longtime technology executive and software engineer Phil Huber.
Wonderware was a pioneer in utilizing the then-new Microsoft Windows software to monitor machine activity on the factory floor. It was one of the earliest companies to develop what's called "human-machine interface" software, which is still widely used today by manufacturers. He was listed by Intech, the magazine of the International Society of Automation, as one of the 50 most important people in the history of industrial automation, along with the likes of Thomas Edison, the Wright brothers, Bill Gates.
Morin made millions when Wonderware went public in 1993, raising $32...