Title :
Creating the software industry-recollections of software company founders of the 1960s
Abstract :
In the 1960s, customers either obtained software free from their hardware vendors or wrote their own, specialized software. The idea that packaged software might be an alternative to meet customers´ requirements met with considerable market resistance. The Software History Center, dedicated to preserving the history of companies launched in this environment, presents this collection of reminiscences from 1960s´ software entrepreneurs
Keywords :
DP industry; history; software packages; 1960s software company founders; Software History Center; hardware vendors; packaged software; software entrepreneurs; software industry; Autobiographies; Companies; Computer industry; Contracts; Hardware; History; Marketing and sales; Packaging; Software packages; Wheels;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
