• 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