Beer and Nappies — A Data Mining Urban Legend
Beer and Nappies -- A Data Mining Urban Legend - Article debunking the beer-and-diapers data mining urban legend.
CORBA history
CORBA history - Critical history of the CORBA standard for object request brokers.
DataDirect History
DataDirect History - Official company history of the ODBC/JDBC/data connectivity pioneer variously known as Pioneer Software, Q+E Software, and DataDirect.
The Hard Work of Software History
The Hard Work of Software History - Paper on the challenges and techniques of preserving software history, by a Stanford University curator. [PDF]
History of Computing: Software Index
History of Computing: Software Index - Taxonomy of many kinds of software, with historical perspective.
The History of Software Patents
The History of Software Patents - A history of how software went from unpatentable to patentable.
Information Technology Corporate Histories Collection
Information Technology Corporate Histories Collection - History of various IT companies, especially enterprise software vendors. Affiliated with the Computer History Museum.
Lannigan.org
Lannigan.org - Site with history of several software companies (InSystems, Powersoft, Covalent).
Outliners & Programming
Outliners & Programming - Dave Winer on the history of some early personal computer software products.