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Author International Conference on the History of Computing (2000 : Paderborn, Germany)

Title History of computing : software issues : International Conference on the History of Computing, ICHC 2000, April 5-7, 2000, Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum, Paderborn, Germany / Ulf Hashagen, Reinhard Keil-Slawik, Arthur L. Norberg (eds.)
Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2002]
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Description viii, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Springer Nature Book Archives Millennium (2000-2004)
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction1 -- Prologue: A Computer Pioneer's Talk9 -- Pioneering Work in Software During the 50s in Central Europe11 -- Friedrich L. Bauer -- Part 1: Software as Science23 -- Software as Science-Science as Software25 -- Michael S. Mahoney -- Commentary on Michael S. Mahoney49 -- David Edge -- Software as Science? Commentary on Michael S. Mahoney55 -- Gerhard Goos -- Discussion following "Software as Science"61 -- Thomas Haigh -- Part 2: Software as Engineering63 -- Software as Engineering65 -- James E. Tomayko -- Commentary on James E. Tomayko77 -- Albert Endres -- Commentary on James E. Tomayko83 -- Bruce E. Seely -- Discussion following "Software as Engineering"93 -- Mary Croarken -- Part 3: Software as Reliable Artefact95 -- A View from the Sonnenbichl: -- On the Historical Sociology of Software and System Dependability97 -- Donald MacKenzie -- Commentary on Donald MacKenzie123 -- Berd Mahr -- Dependability Then and Now: Commentary on Donald MacKenzie127 -- Victoria Stavridou -- Discussion following "Software as Reliable Artefact"135 -- Mary Croarken and David Grier -- Part 4: Software as Labor Process137 -- Software as Labor Process 139 -- Nathan Ensmenger and William Aspray -- Are Programmers Oppressed by Monopoly Capital, or Shall the Geeks -- Inherit the Earth? Commentary on Nathan Ensmenger & William Aspray 167 -- David A. Hounshell -- A Commentary on David A. Hounshell's Commentary -- on "Software as Labor Process"177 -- Nathan Ensmenger and William Aspray -- Discussion following "Software as Labor Process"179 -- Mary Croarken -- Part 5: Software as Economic Activity183 -- Software as an Economic Activity185 -- Martin Campbell-Kelly -- Commentary on Martin Campbell-Kelly203 -- Pierre-E. Mounier-Kuhn -- Commentary on Martin Campbell-Kelly211 -- David C. Mowery -- A Note on Martin Campbell-Kelly's "Software as an Economic Activity" -- and David Mowery's "Commentary"219 -- David A. Hounshell -- Discussion following "Software as an Economic Activity"223 -- Thomas Haigh -- Part 6: Museums and Exhibitions225 -- Collecting Software: Preserving Information in an Object-Centred Culture 227 -- Doron Swade -- Commentary on Doron Swade 237 -- Joachim Fischer -- Towards a Software Museum: Challenges and Opportunities245 -- Ernst Denert and Klaus-Peter Lohr -- Towards a Software Museum: Challenges and Opportunities261 -- Friedrich L. Bauer -- Preserving Software in History Museums: A Material Culture Approach263 -- David K. Allison -- Commentary on David K. Allison, -- "Preserving Software in History Museums"273 -- Hartmut Petzold -- Epilogue275 -- Probing the Elephant: How Do the Parts Fit Together?277 -- Michael S. Mahoney. 10 *
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Computer software -- Development -- History -- Congresses.
Electronic data processing -- History -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Norberg, Arthur L. (Arthur Lawrence), 1938-
Hashagen, Ulf.
Keil-Slawik, Reinhard, 1953-
Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum.
LC no. 2002066993
ISBN 3540426647 alkaline paper