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The Future of Software
Continuing the trend-watching of Technology 2001, which discussed thetechnologies that could well define the computing and communications environmentthat lies ahead, The Future of Software assembles the observations of leadingcomputer scientists, strategists, and planners in both business and academia, thistime tackling software development.Despite the extraordinary advances during thepast few years in computing power, Derek Leebaert and the other contributors see asthe biggest challenge for the future the development of software that can fullyexploit the the computer's ever-increasing capabilities. Each author addresses theparticular aspect of software that is his or her specialty, examining how variousdevelopments and applications will transform the way we think about and usecomptuters as we enter the next millennium.The topics include the history andevolution of software, the future of software and how it will change the way welive, software standardization, work group computing, computer supportedcollaboration, end-user programming, natural language and natural- intelligencecapabilities and limitations, the Japanese software industry, software and the law, and the coordination of knowledge.
320 pages, Paperback
First published January 19, 1995
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