In the previous three installments, we learned that Fritz Bauer from Germany is credited with the term ‘Software Engineering’ as a way to approach the problem related to producing large software systems. We also learned that several approaches were proposed to tackle this issue and that the first conference was the biggest outcome from their [...]
Last time, we found out how the idea of ‘Software Engineering’ was first discussed. Now we find out more about this elusive institute as well as the conference. There Can Be Only One… Over the next few months, they also considered the conference. In fact, there were two separate conferences suggested. “One would be a [...]
Last time, we found out that NATO started this idea of ‘Software Engineering’ for a conference, but who from NATO coined the term and how did they try to solve these issues? The idea was sent to a committee who then set up a study group So, in mid-1967 the issues of ‘The Software Crisis’ [...]
Several years ago, I was attending a conference. During the keynote, we were shown pictures of various people and were asked if we recognized any of them, very few people did. The presenter went on to lament the fact that, especially in this crowd, few knew of these pioneers from the history of making software [...]
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