Data Resources Inc or DRI was co-founded in 1969 by Donald Marron and Otto Eckstein.
[1] [2] DRI became the largest non-governmental distributor of economic data in the world.
During the 1970s era of rapid expansion, DRI used the Burroughs 6700 and 7700 mainframes.
Other programmers in this effort included John Ahlstrom, Greg George, and Joe Polak.
[7][8] The DRI Review was published monthly and summarized what the models said for the economic outlook.