• DocumentCode
    1185722
  • Title

    A personal recollection of software´s early days (1960-1979): part 1

  • Author

    Keet, E.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Vanguard Atlantic Ltd.
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    61
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1058-6180
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAHC.2004.20
  • Filename
    1369141
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1185722