From airline reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog: a history of the software industry

The software industry

Origins of the software contractor, the 1950s

Programming services, the 1960s

Origins of the software products industry, 1965-1970

The shaping of the software products industry, the 1970s

The maturing of the corporate software products industry, 1980-1995

Early development of the personal computer software industry, 1975-1983

Not only Microsoft: the maturing of the personal computer software industry, 1983-1995

Home and recreational software

Reflections on the success of the US software industry.