Missing from Wikipedia are at least a few pioneers who made significant contributions:
Nan Shu - author of the first Fortran compiler (Watson Research Center c. 1954);
John Kemeny & Tom Kurtz - creators of BASIC (Beginners Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code) at Dartmouth College c. 1964
Writing software is a service. So is legal work, plumbing, lawn mowing,... If they're going to tax custom software, then _all_ services should be taxed.
The Borland C compiler for Windows 3.1 shipped with a pager in the early 1990's. It was called "amish desktop" if memory serves. That was over 10 years ago. Talk about prior art!
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Missing from Wikipedia are at least a few pioneers who made significant contributions: Nan Shu - author of the first Fortran compiler (Watson Research Center c. 1954); John Kemeny & Tom Kurtz - creators of BASIC (Beginners Allpurpose Symbolic Instruction Code) at Dartmouth College c. 1964
Writing software is a service. So is legal work, plumbing, lawn mowing, ... If they're going to tax custom software, then _all_ services should be taxed.
The Borland C compiler for Windows 3.1 shipped with a pager in the early 1990's. It was called "amish desktop" if memory serves. That was over 10 years ago. Talk about prior art!