TY  - BOOK
AU  - Campbell-Kelly,Martin
TI  - From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog : : a history of the software industry 
SN  - 026253262X
AV  - HD 9696.63 C192f 2004
U1  - 338.4/70053 
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass. : 
PB  - MIT Press, 
KW  - Industria de programas para computadores
KW  - Historia
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -