Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- I Introduction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Internet before Commercialization -- II Internet Technologies Seeking a Business Model -- 3 Innovation and the Evolution of Market Structure for Internet Access in the United States -- 4 Protocols for...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Software Industry -- 2 Origins of the Software Contractor, the 1950s -- 3 Programming Services, the 1960s -- 4 Origins of the Software Products Industry,1965-1970 -- 5 The Shaping of the Software Products Industry, the 1970s -- 6 The...

Computing remains a heavily male-dominated field even after twenty-five years of extensive efforts to promote female participation. The contributors to Women and Information Technology look at reasons for the persistent gender imbalance in computing and explore some strategies intended to...