Title :
Working in the house that FACT built
Author_Institution :
George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
The 1960´s was a period of growth-and turmoil for newly minted firms in the fledgling, independent software industry. Here is an inside view of expansion efforts by Computer Sciences Corporation as it groped for strategies to maintain its position as one of the leaders in this emerging industry.
Keywords :
DP industry; history; software development management; CSC; Computer Sciences Corporation; FACT; Honeywell 800 computer; competition; compiler; fully automatic compiling technique; software company; Cities and towns; Computer aided instruction; Computer applications; Computer industry; Helium; Market research; Military computing; Performance analysis; Probes; Security;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2003.1179881
