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The Greatest Software Ever

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the only-the-best dept.

soldack writes "Information Week has an piece on the 12 greatest pieces of software ever. It also notes some that didn't make the cut and why. Their weblog covers 5 others that didn't make the cut."

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  1. Somewhere... by ericdano · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Somewhere in Redmond, chairs are being thrown.

    And somewhere in Redmond, Bill is look to acquire some of the mentioned software to add to his collection....

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  2. FTFA by mincognito · · Score: -1, Redundant

    12. The Morris worm
    11. Google search rank
    10. Apollo guidance system
    9. Excel spreadsheet
    8. Macintosh OS
    7. Sabre system
    6. Mosaic browser
    5. Java language
    4. IBM System 360 OS
    3. Gene-sequencing software at the Institute for Genomic Research
    2. IBM's System R
    1. Unix

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