Software History Bibliography
This is a list of materials which we believe might be of interest to anyone who wants
to read more about the history of the software industry. Consistent with our focus on the
history of the software business, the references below primarily address business issues
and developments rather than the evolution of software technology. If you are looking for
an extensive bibliography which covers many aspects of the history of programming and
software technology, we recommend the bibliography maintained by the Charles Babbage Institute Software
History Project.
ADAPSO. 25 Years. Arlington, Va.: ADAPSO, 1986.
Bauer, Walter F. "Informatics: An Early Software Company." IEEE
Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Apr-Jun 1996): 70-76.
Bauer, Walter F. "Informatics and (et) Informatique." Software History
Center. Anecdotes/Bauer1, 1996.
Bauer, Walter F., interview by Robina Mapstone. May 14, 1973. Oral History 55. Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Bauer, Walter F., interview by Arthur Norberg. May 16, 1983, Woodland Hills, CA.
Oral History 61. Charles Babbage Institute,
University of Minnesota.
Baum, Claude. The System Builders: The Story of SDC. Santa Monica, CA:
System Development Corporation, 1981.
Brown, Walter. "Founding Atlantic Software." IEEE Annals of the History of
Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 80-82.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin. "The Development and Structure of the International
Software Industry, 1950-1990." Business and Economic History, Vol. 24, No. 2
(Winter 1995): 73-110.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin. From Airline
Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: A History of the Software Industry.
Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2003.
Campbell-Kelly, Martin and William Aspray. Computer: A History of the
Information Machine. New York: Basic Books, 1996.
Cortada, James W. "Researching the History of Software from the 1960s." IEEE
Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 72-79.
Crandall, Richard L. "Recollections of the beginning of the time-sharing
industry." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct-Dec
2002): 40-42.
Fisher, Franklin, M., James W. McKie, and Richard B. Mancke. IBM and the U. S.
Data Processing Industry: An Economic History. New York: Praeger, 1983.
Fishman, Katharine Davis. The Computer Establishment. New York: Harper &
Row, 1981.
Forman, Richard L. Fulfilling the Computer’s Promise: The History of
Informatics, 1962-1968. Woodland Hills, California: Informatics, 1985.
Gibson, Stanley. "Software Industry Born with IBM’s Unbundling." Computerworld
(June 19, 1989): 6.
Goetz, Martin A. "How ADR Got Into the Software Products Business and Found Itself
Competing Against IBM." Software History Center. Anecdotes/Goetz1, 1998.
Goetz, Martin. "Memoirs of a Software Pioneer: Part 1." IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 43-56.
Goetz, Martin. "Memoirs of a Software Pioneer: Part 2." IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct-Dec 2002): 14-31.
Grad, Burton. "The First Commercial Univac I Installation." Software
History Center. Anecdotes/Grad1, 1997.
Grad, Burton. "A Personal Recollection: IBM's Unbundling of Software and
Services." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar
2002): 64-71.
Haigh, Thomas. "Software in the 1960s as Concept, Service and Product." IEEE
Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 5-13.
Head, Robert V. "Univac: A Philadelphia Story." IEEE Annals of the History
of Computing, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul-Sep 2001): 60-63.
Head, Robert V. "ERMA's Lost Battalion." IEEE Annals of the History of
Computing, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul-Sep 2001): 64-72.
Head, Robert V. "The travails of Software Resources." IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 82-85.
Head, Robert V. "Getting Sabre off the Ground." IEEE Annals of the History
of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct-Dec 2002): 32-39.
Hoch, Detlev J., Cyriac R. Roeding, Gert Purkert, and Sandro K. Lindner. Secrets
of Software Success: Management Insights from 100 Software Firms around the World.
Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School Press. (See especially Appendix
II, Software History: An Overview.), 1999.
Humphrey, Watts S. "Software Unbundling: A Personal Perspective." IEEE
Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 59-63.
Imlay, John P., Jr. with Dennis Hamilton. Jungle Rules: How to be a Tiger in
Business. New York, NY: Dutton, 1994.
Johnson, Luanne (James). "A View From the 1960s: How the Software Industry
Began." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan-Mar
1998): 36-42.
Johnson, Luanne. "Creating the Software Industry: Recollections of Software
Company Founders of the 1960s." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol.
24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 14-42.
Johnson, Luanne. "How ICP Solved My Biggest Marketing Problem."
Software History Center. Anecdotes/Johnson1, 1997.
Johnson, Luanne. "From Not-Invented-Here to Off-The-Shelf." Software History
Center. Anecdotes/Johnson2, 1997.
Keet, Ernest E. Preventing Piracy: A Business Guide to Software Protection. Reading,
MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1985.
Keet, Ernest E. (Lee). "Getting Hooked on Software." Software History
Center. Anecdotes/Keet1, 1998.
Kestin, Hesh. 21st Century Management: The Revolutionary Strategies that Have
Made Computer Associates A Multi-Billion Dollar Software Giant. New York, NY: The
Atlantic Monthly Press, 1992.
Kolence, Ken. "How IBM Killed the Market for Boole & Babbage's CUE
Product." Software History Center. Anecdotes/Kolence1,
1998.
Kubie, Elmer C. "Recollections of the First Software Company." IEEE
Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 16, no. 2 (Apr-Jun 1994): 65-71.
Kurtzig, Sandra L. with Tom Parker. CEO: Building a $400 Million Dollar
Company from the Ground Up. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991.
McGee, Robert. Accounting for Software. Homewood, IL: Dow
Jones-Irwin, 1985.
Mowery, David C., ed. The International Computer Software Industry: A Comparative
Study of Industry Evolution and Structure. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1996.
North, Ken. "Tales from the Early Years of CSC." Software History
Center. Anecdotes/North1, 1999.
OECD. Software: An Emerging Industry. Paris: Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development, 1985.
Piscopo, Joseph A. "Pansophic: A Typical 1960s Start-up." Software
History Center. Anecdotes/Piscopo1, 1998.
Postley, John A. "Mark IV: Evolution of the Software Product, A
Memoir." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan-Mar
1998): 43-50.
Pugh, Emerson W. "Origins of Software Unbundling." IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 57-58.
"A Rush of New Companies to Mass-Produce Software." Business Week
(September 1, 1980): 54-56.
Siwek, Stephen E. and Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth. International Trade in
Computer Software. Westport, CT: Quorum Books, 1993.
"A Software Industry Retrospective 1969-89." Software Magazine, Vol
9., No. 4 (March Extra, 1989): 29-70.
Trimble, George R., Jr. "A Brief History of Computing: Memoirs of Living on the
Edge." IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, Vol. 23, No. 3 (Jul-Sep 2001):
44-59.
U. S. Department of Commerce. A Competitive Assessment of the United States
Software Industry. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Commerce, 1984.
Voth, Ben. A Piece of the Computer Pie. Houston, TX: Gulf
Publishing Company, 1975. (Autobiography of the first outside investor in University
Computing Company.)
Wagner, Francis V. Papers, 1946-1985, CBI 6. Charles
Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
Weissman, Robert. "CCITT meeting recommendations." IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 4 (Oct-Dec 2002): 42-43.
Welke, Lawrence. "Founding the ICP Directories." IEEE Annals of the
History of Computing, Vol. 24, No. 1 (Jan-Mar 2002): 85-89.
Welke, Lawrence A. "How the ICP Directory Began." Software History
Center. Anecdotes/Welke1, 1998.
Welke, Lawrence A. "How the ICP Million Dollar Awards Got Started."
Software History Center. Anecdotes/Welke2,
1998.
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