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"A business history of the software industry from the days of custom programming to the age of mass-market software and video games. From its first glimmerings in the 1950s, the software industry has evolved to become the fourth largest industrial sector of the US economy. Starting with a handf...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Campbell-Kelly, Martin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2003.
Series:History of computing.
Subjects:
Computer software industry > History.
Logiciels > Industrie > Histoire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Service.
Computer software industry.
Software-industrie.
Software.
Verenigde Staten.
History.
Geschiedenis (vorm)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The software industry
  • Origins of the software contractor, the 1950s
  • Programming services, the 1960s
  • Origins of the software products industry, 1965-1970
  • The shaping of the software products industry, the 1970s
  • The maturing of the corporate software products industry, 1980-1995
  • Early development of the personal computer software industry, 1975-1983
  • Not only Microsoft: the maturing of the personal computer software industry, 1983-1995
  • Home and recreational software
  • Reflections on the success of the US software industry.

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