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The Future of Software
Addresses the question of how software can keep pace with computer development, and looks at such issues as software evolution, work-group collaboration, and end-user programming.
Contents:
• "Foreword," by Joshua Lederberg
• "News from the Frontiers," by Derek Leebaert
Part I: Awakening Possibilities
• "The Evolving Resource," by Denos C. Gazis
• "Is Any of This Relevant?," by David Vaskevitch
• "The Keys to the Highway," by Peter F. Conklin and Eric Newcomer
Part Il: New Kinds of Possibility
• "The Prairie School: The Future of Workgroup Computing," by Deborah K. Louis and L. Alexander Morrow
• "Software without Borders: Applications That Collaborate," by David Williams and Timothy O'Brien
• "The Fall of Software’s Aristocracy: Realizing the Potential of Development," by Scott Brown
• "Naturalware: Natural-Language and Human-Intelligence Capabilities," by Gustave Essig
Part III: On the Knowledge Frontier
• "Where's the 'Walkman' in Japan's Software Future?," by Edward A. Feigenbaum
• "Property of the Mind: Software and the Law," by Jeffrey P. Cunard
• "Knowledge and the New Magnitudes of Connection," by Derck Leebaert and William B. Welty
• About the Authors
• Index
Contents:
• "Foreword," by Joshua Lederberg
• "News from the Frontiers," by Derek Leebaert
Part I: Awakening Possibilities
• "The Evolving Resource," by Denos C. Gazis
• "Is Any of This Relevant?," by David Vaskevitch
• "The Keys to the Highway," by Peter F. Conklin and Eric Newcomer
Part Il: New Kinds of Possibility
• "The Prairie School: The Future of Workgroup Computing," by Deborah K. Louis and L. Alexander Morrow
• "Software without Borders: Applications That Collaborate," by David Williams and Timothy O'Brien
• "The Fall of Software’s Aristocracy: Realizing the Potential of Development," by Scott Brown
• "Naturalware: Natural-Language and Human-Intelligence Capabilities," by Gustave Essig
Part III: On the Knowledge Frontier
• "Where's the 'Walkman' in Japan's Software Future?," by Edward A. Feigenbaum
• "Property of the Mind: Software and the Law," by Jeffrey P. Cunard
• "Knowledge and the New Magnitudes of Connection," by Derck Leebaert and William B. Welty
• About the Authors
• Index
Hardcover
First published January 19, 1995
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