From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog A History of the Software Industry
| Author/creator | Campbell-Kelly, Martin Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge : MIT Press |
| Description | 388 p. ill 09.000 x 06.000 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | History of Computing Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation From its first glimmerings in the 1950s, the software industry has evolved to becomethe fourth largest industrial sector of the US economy. Starting with a handful of softwarecontractors who produced specialized programs for the few existing machines, the industry grew toinclude producers of corporate software packages and then makers of mass-market products andrecreational software. This book tells the story of each of these types of firm, focusing on theproducts they developed, the business models they followed, and the markets they served.Bydescribing the breadth of this industry, Martin Campbell-Kelly corrects the popular misconceptionthat one firm is at the center of the software universe. He also tells the story of lucrativesoftware products such as IBM's CICS and SAP's R/3, which, though little known to the generalpublic, lie at the heart of today's information infrastructure.With its wealth of industry data andits thoughtful judgments, this book will become a starting point for all future investigations ofthis fundamental component of computer history. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780262532624 |
| ISBN | 026253262X (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780262532624 |
| Stock number | 026253262X 00015994 |
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