History of Computing: Software Issues
International Conference on the History of Computing, ICHC 2000 April 5-7, 2000 Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum Paderborn, Germany
Published on 30. November 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
VIII, 283 pages
978-3-642-07653-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is the first account on the history of software. By exploring the current understanding of software and its history, speakers and commentators explored the fundamental elements that make software what it is.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
Language
English
Place of publication
Berlin
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
VIII, 283 p.
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
446 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-642-07653-4 (9783642076534)
DOI
10.1007/978-3-662-04954-9
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Ulf Hashagen | Reinhard Keil-Slawik | Arthur L. Norberg
History of Computing: Software Issues
International Conference on the History of Computing, ICHC 2000 April 5-7, 2000 Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum Paderborn, Germany
Book
05/2002
Springer
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Content
Pioneering Work in Software During the 50s in Central Europe.- Software as Science-Science as Software.- Commentary on Michael S. Mahoney.- Software as Science? Commentary on Michael S. Mahoney.- Software as Engineering.- Commentary on James E. Tomayko.- Commentary on James E. Tomayko.- A View from the Sonnenbichl: On the Historical Sociology of Software and System Dependability.- Commentary on Donald MacKenzie.- Dependability Then and Now: Commentary on Donald MacKenzie.- Software as Labor Process.- Are Programmers Oppressed by Monopoly Capital, or Shall the Geeks Inherit the Earth? Commentary on Nathan Ensmenger & William Aspray.- A Commentary on David A. Hounshell's Commentary on "Software as Labor Process".- Software as an Economic Activity.- Commentary on Martin Campbell-Kelly.- Commentary on Martin Campbell-Kelly.- A Note on Martin Campbell-Kelly's "Software as an Economic Activity" and David Mowery's "Commentary".- Collecting Software: Preserving Information in an Object-Centred Culture.- Commentary on Doron Swade.- Towards a Software Museum: Challenges and Opportunities.- Towards a Software Museum: Challenges and Opportunities.- Preserving Software in History Museums: A Material Culture Approach.- Commentary on David K. Allison, "Preserving Software in History Museums".- Probing the Elephant: How Do the Parts Fit Together?.