[PDF.42vq] From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry (History of Computing)

From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry (History of Computing)

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 | #1249307 in Books |  2003-01-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x.80 x6.00l,1.46 | File type: PDF | 388 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| it's easy to be turned off by works that focus exclusively ...|By Armando Fox|Compact, well researched, and even entertaining history of the software industry. As a geek myself, it's easy to be turned off by works that focus exclusively on the business aspects without addressing the technological ones, but this work balances the two perspectives nicely and made for an engaging|From Booklist|When writers look at the birth of the computer age, they generally focus on the tangible hardware achievements of the likes of IBM and Intel and almost solely on Microsoft when it comes to software.

From its first glimmerings in the 1950s, the software industry has evolved to become the fourth largest industrial sector of the US 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 product...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry (History of Computing)   |  Martin Campbell-Kelly.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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