The following is a brief overview of each of the first three decades in the history of the software industry including links to lists of companies founded in each of those decades. We're always adding to our lists of companies, so if you know of ones that aren't yet on our list, please send us an email and let us know about them.
The 1950s
* Computers become extensively used for business applications
* First contract programming firms formed
The 1960s
* Contract programming services industry grows rapidly; some companies go public
* First software products come on the market
* ICP Quarterly, a catalog of available software programs, first published in January, 1967
* Thousands of companies formed by the end of the decade
* IBM announces unbundling in June, 1969
The 1970s
* Software products become accepted by customers
* First ICP Million Dollar Awards given to 29 software products in 1971
* Software industry grows rapidly despite lack of financing sources; Cullinane Corp goes public in 1978 (first software product company to go public)
* First PC software companies founded
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