DocumentCode
750811
Title
A personal recollection of software´s early days (1960-1979). Part 2
Author
Keet, Ernest E Lee
Volume
27
Issue
4
fYear
2005
Firstpage
31
Lastpage
45
Abstract
The author, a pioneer in the early days of shrink-wrapped PC products, was also an early participant in ADAPSO. This article, the first part of which appeared in the Annals´ October-December 2004 issue, traces the author´s career from running the Software Products Group at Dun & Bradstreet to the early days of Vanguard Atlantic Ltd.
Keywords
DP industry; history; DP industry; history; shrink-wrapped PC products; software companies; Computer industry; Drives; Engineering profession; Fabrics; High performance computing; New products catalog; Publishing; Punching; Software performance; Writing; ADAPSO; Dun & Bradstreet; IBM; Key/Master; National CSS; Task/Master; accounting; copyright; patent; software;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.2005.51
Filename
1549795
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