From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog : a history of the software industry / / Martin Campbell-Kelly
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| Autore: |
Campbell-Kelly Martin
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| Titolo: |
From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog : a history of the software industry / / Martin Campbell-Kelly
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : MIT Press, , [2003] |
| ©2003 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xiv, 372 p. ) : ill. ; |
| Disciplina: | 338.4/70053 |
| Soggetto topico: | Computer software industry - History |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-359) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | The software industry -- Origins of the software contractor, the 1950's -- Programming services, the 1960's -- Origins of the software products industry, 1965-1970 -- The shaping of the software products industry, the 1970's -- 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "From its first glimmerings in the 1950's, 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."--Jacket. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog |
| ISBN: | 0-262-25027-6 |
| 0-262-26979-1 | |
| 0-585-44484-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819208403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
History of computing.