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From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog : a history of the software industry / Martin Campbell Kelly

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: History of computingPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2004 Description: xiv, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 026253262X
  • 9780262532624
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.4/70053
LOC classification:
  • HD 9696.63 C192f 2004
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
Summary: From its first glimmerings in the 1950s, the software industry has evolved to become the fourth largest industrial sector of the U.S. economy. Starting with a handful of software contractors who produced specialized programs for the few existing machines, the industry grew to include producers of corporate software packages and then makers of mass-market products and recreational software. This book tells the story of each of these types of firm, focusing on the products they developed, the business models they followed, and the markets they served." "By describing the breadth of this industry, Martin Campbell-Kelly corrects the popular misconception that one firm is at the center of the software universe. He also tells the story of lucrative software products such as IBM's CICS and SAP's R/3, which, though little known to the general public, lie at the heart of today's information infrastructure.
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Originally published: 2003

Includes bibliographical references (p. [349]-359) and index.

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

From its first glimmerings in the 1950s, the software industry has evolved to become the fourth largest industrial sector of the U.S. economy. Starting with a handful of software contractors who produced specialized programs for the few existing machines, the industry grew to include producers of corporate software packages and then makers of mass-market products and recreational software. This book tells the story of each of these types of firm, focusing on the products they developed, the business models they followed, and the markets they served." "By describing the breadth of this industry, Martin Campbell-Kelly corrects the popular misconception that one firm is at the center of the software universe. He also tells the story of lucrative software products such as IBM's CICS and SAP's R/3, which, though little known to the general public, lie at the heart of today's information infrastructure.

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