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FURTHER READINGS AND INFORMATION SOURCES

Literally thousands of books are written about computer software. The vast major-
ity discuss programming languages or software applications, but a few discuss soft-
ware itself. Pressman and Herron (Software Shock, Dorset House, 1991) presented an
early discussion (directed at the layperson) of software and the way professionals
build it.
Negroponte's (Being Digital, Alfred A. Knopf, 1995) best-selling book provides a
view of computing and its overall impact in the twenty-first century. Books by Nor-
man [NOR98] and Bergman (Information Appliances and Beyond, Academic Press/Mor-
gan Kaufmann, 2000) suggest that the widespread impact of the PC will decline as
information appliances and pervasive computing connect everyone in the indus-
trialized world and almost every “appliance” that they own to a new Internet
infrastructure.
Minasi (The Software Conspiracy: Why Software Companies Put out Faulty Products,
How They Can Hurt You, and What You Can Do, McGraw-Hill, 2000) argues that the
“modern scourge” of software bugs can be eliminated and suggests ways to accom-
plish this. DeMarco (Why Does Software Cost So Much? Dorset House, 1995) has pro-
duced a collection of amusing and insightful essays on software and the process
through which it is developed.
A wide variety of information sources on software-related topics and manage-
ment is available on the Internet. An up-to-date list of World Wide Web references
that are relevant to software can be found at the SEPA Web site:
http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/compsci/pressman/resources/product.mhtml