Over the past half century, computer technology has transformed our world by providing us with incredible tools for processing and communicating information. A number of organizations have recognized the importance of computer technology by establishing museums or archives dedicated to the history of computing and the computer industry but, unfortunately, very little has been done to preserve the history of the software industry. And yet, the reason that computers have had such an impact on …showed first 75 words of 560 total…

…showed last 75 words of 560 total…so much more software was written for IBM computers than for all other kinds of computers. These limitations aren't intended to imply that software products from a later era, or for non-business applications, or for computers other than IBM, aren't important to the history of software. But we need to keep our project to a manageable size so we're focusing initially on the material that is most readily available and most immediately vulnerable to loss.