Browsers 2
IRC 2
Operating Systems 7
Programming Languages 11
Software Engineering 1
Video Games 62
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History - Internet, Computers 105
Abandonware - Software, Computers 21
History - Apple, Systems, Computers 11
 Software History CenterSoftware History Center
 
History of the software industry and the stories of its entrepreneurs and software developers. Includes lengthy software industry who's-who.
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Beer and Nappies -- A Data Mining Urban LegendBeer and Nappies -- A Data Mining Urban Legend
 Article debunking the beer-and-diapers data mining urban legend.
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BorudBorud
 History of search engine vendor FAST Search & Transfer, and of a predecessor company founded by an early technical employee.
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Cincom TimelineCincom Timeline
 Official timeline-history of database pioneer Cincom.
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CORBA historyCORBA history
 Critical history of the CORBA standard for object request brokers.
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Dan Bricklin's History SectionDan Bricklin's History Section
 By Dan Bricklin, co-inventor of Visicalc
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DBMS Magazne Interview - August 1995DBMS Magazne Interview - August 1995
 Founder Mitchell Kertzman discusses the history of Powersoft.
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The Hard Work of Software HistoryThe Hard Work of Software History
 Paper on the challenges and techniques of preserving software history, by a Stanford University curator. [PDF]
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History of Computing: Software IndexHistory of Computing: Software Index
 Taxonomy of many kinds of software, with historical perspective.
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The History of Software PatentsThe History of Software Patents
 A history of how software went from unpatentable to patentable.
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IBM DB2's 25th Anniversary: Birth Of An Accidental EmpireIBM DB2's 25th Anniversary: Birth Of An Accidental Empire
 Information Week article on relational DBMS history. Discusses IBM internal politics, and the cooperation between IBM and UC Berkeley researchers.
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Information Technology Corporate Histories CollectionInformation Technology Corporate Histories Collection
 History of various IT companies, especially enterprise software vendors. Affiliated with the Computer History Museum.
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The Origins of Today's OLAP ProductsThe Origins of Today's OLAP Products
 History of analytic software products, especially in the 1970s and 1980s, which the author regards as precursors to modern OLAP.
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Outliners & ProgrammingOutliners & Programming
 Dave Winer on the history of some early personal computer software products.
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PostgreSQL History DocumentPostgreSQL History Document
 Capsule history of POSTGRES-related database management systems.
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PowerBuilder HistoryPowerBuilder History
 Idiosyncratic history of PowerBuilder and other client/server development tools.
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Powersoft HistoryPowersoft History
 Capsule history of PowerBuilder, with a scan of a product advertisement.
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The Seven Ages of Information RetrievalThe Seven Ages of Information Retrieval
 Essay on the history of information retrieval and search technologies, written before the World Wide Web took off.
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Software MemoriesSoftware Memories
 Historical articles about the enterprise software industry, its companies, and its pioneers.
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Stottler Henke - Artificial Intelligence HistoryStottler Henke - Artificial Intelligence History
 Brief history of artificial intelligence, especially expert systems
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System R HistorySystem R History
 Includes oral history transcripts about System R and SQL. From 1995.
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The Technology and Business of ObjectStoreThe Technology and Business of ObjectStore
 Detailed two-part history of Object Design, maker of object-oriented database management system ObjectStore.
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Teradata HistoryTeradata History
 Official summary company history of Teradata.
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Tincat Group, Inc.— MultiValue Family TreeTincat Group, Inc.— MultiValue Family Tree
 Family tree "poster" and timeline for multivalue (PICK and U2) database management product lines.
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Usenet Software: History and SourcesUsenet Software: History and Sources
 Short essay on the development of Usenet architecture.
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The Vintage Mac MuseumThe Vintage Mac Museum
 Screenshots of vintage Macintosh software.
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Visicorp 1978-84Visicorp 1978-84
 A business school case study detailing the history of electronic spreadsheet pioneer Visicorp. [PDF]
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