about tangent computer research     tangent computer research has been developing and implementing software solutions for industry and commerce since 1981. During that time tangent has established itself as a firm who can be relied on to provide the experience, reliability and the skill-set to meet the demands of a changing market.   tangent is headed up by Joe Mc Cool [M.Ed., BSc. OND] who is a member of the Irish Computer Society, the IEEE computer society, an associate member of IEE and a member of the C Users Group. Working with Tangent, Joe has acheieved notable success with his work in the field of accounting, database and payroll packages, namely Omicron, Dataflex, Btreive and others.   Joe McCool has many years experience in the installation and maintenance of Unix systems (Tangent is an official SCO reseller) and is skilled in: installation ODT X Windows TCP/IP shell scripts awk programming installation Novell connectivity Emacs text processing GNU   In addition, Joe McCool is an expert programmer in 'C' BASIC (various flavours) Dataflex (Database System) Brieve (Database System) Joe has been involved with computers and electronics since the late sixties when he qualified from the Belfast College of Technology with an OND in Mechanical Engineering. He went on to Queen's University, Belfast, and in 1973 he won a BSc in Electronic Engineering. In 1978 he was awarded an M.Ed. by Trinity College, Dublin.   After a position at Trace Computer Holdings in London [1979-81], Joe became the MD of Tangent Computer Research [Armagh and Dublin] in 1981, where he has won an enviable reputation with his clients for his efficiency and attention to detail.   © Copyright Tangent Computer Research Ltd, 2000. site design by irishin.com