Title :
A personal recollection of software´s early days (1960-1979): part 1
Author_Institution :
Vanguard Atlantic Ltd.
Abstract :
The author, a participant in packaged software´s early days, worked with IBM up through the System/360 launch and then with Turnkey Systems, an early provider of packaged software. This article traces the author´s background from graduate school through the Turnkey Systems sale to National CSS in 1979 and subsequently to Dun & Bradstreet.
Keywords :
DP industry; computer software; computers; history; Turnkey systems; high-level languages; history; linear programming problem; matrix inversion; software industry; software package; vacuum-tube machine; Application software; Cascading style sheets; Cranes; Educational institutions; Engineering profession; Manufacturing processes; Marketing and sales; Packaging; Software packages; Yarn;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2004.20
