From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog : A History of the Software Industry.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin.
From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog : A History of the Software Industry. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (389 pages) - History of Computing Series . - History of Computing Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Software Industry -- 2 Origins of the Software Contractor, the 1950s -- 3 Programming Services, the 1960s -- 4 Origins of the Software Products Industry,1965-1970 -- 5 The Shaping of the Software Products Industry, the 1970s -- 6 The Maturing of the Corporate Software Products Industry, 1980-1995 -- 7 Early Development of the Personal Computer Software Industry, 1975-1983 -- 8 Not Only Microsoft -- 9 Home and Recreational Software -- 10 Reflections on the Success of the US Software Industry -- Notes -- Sources of Chapter Frontispieces -- Bibliography -- Index.
A business history of the software industry from the days of custom programming to the age of mass-market software and video games.
9780262269797
Computer software industry - History.
Electronic books.
HD9696.63.A2.C35 20
338.4/70053
From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog : A History of the Software Industry. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (389 pages) - History of Computing Series . - History of Computing Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Software Industry -- 2 Origins of the Software Contractor, the 1950s -- 3 Programming Services, the 1960s -- 4 Origins of the Software Products Industry,1965-1970 -- 5 The Shaping of the Software Products Industry, the 1970s -- 6 The Maturing of the Corporate Software Products Industry, 1980-1995 -- 7 Early Development of the Personal Computer Software Industry, 1975-1983 -- 8 Not Only Microsoft -- 9 Home and Recreational Software -- 10 Reflections on the Success of the US Software Industry -- Notes -- Sources of Chapter Frontispieces -- Bibliography -- Index.
A business history of the software industry from the days of custom programming to the age of mass-market software and video games.
9780262269797
Computer software industry - History.
Electronic books.
HD9696.63.A2.C35 20
338.4/70053