DocumentCode
1525278
Title
A tale of two futures [software industry]
Author
Yourdon, E. ; Glass, Robert L. ; Booch, Grady ; Jackson, Michael ; Lehman, M.M.
Author_Institution
161 West 86th St., New York City, NY, USA
Volume
15
Issue
1
fYear
1998
Firstpage
23
Lastpage
47
Abstract
Will the coming years bring the dawn of software´s golden age or an ever-worsening nightmare of disasters and cutbacks? The author explains why either outcome, or both, are possible. He discusses improvements such as new application development tools and advanced hardware technology. He then focuses on the Year 2000 problem in contrast
Keywords
DP industry; software engineering; technological forecasting; Year 2000 problem; advanced hardware; application development tools; cutbacks; disasters; software industry future; Application software; Computer industry; Engineering profession; Hardware; Internet; Java; Physics computing; Programming profession; Software tools; Telecommunication computing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/52.646826
Filename
646826
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