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Everything about The Software Link
Defunct US PC software company
The Software Link, Inc. (TSL) was a company in Norcross, Georgia that developed software for personal computers from 1986 to 1994. The company was co-founded by Rod Roark and Gary Robertson. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: The Software LinkA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: How Much Does Software Complexity Matter for Maintenance Productivity? The Link Between Team Instability and DiversityInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The art of computer programmingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: MapChart: Software for the Graphical Presentation of Linkage Maps and QTLsCited 5,041 times
- Go sideways: PC-MOS/386A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Digital ResearchA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
MapChart: Software for the Graphical Presentation of Linkage Maps and QTLs
Software testing—searching for the missing link
Software multiplexing: share your libraries and statically link them too
Exploring the missing link: an empirical study of software fixes
Design and Implementation of the Inter-Satellite Link Budget Software
Software challenges: the weakest link in the software engineering chain
The VR—Link™ Networked Virtual Environment Software Infrastructure
Editor's corner The link between software quality and software maintenance
🆕 Influential since 2022
How Much Does Software Complexity Matter for Maintenance Productivity? The Link Between Team Instability and Diversity
Understanding the Link Between Complex Digital Devices Soft Error Rate and the Running Software
Deployment Strategy for Multiple Controllers Based on the Aviation On-Board Software-Defined Data Link Network
Design and Implementation of DLP Software for the Link-K based Weapon Data Link
A-280 Effect of Panther® Link Software on Operational Efficiency in a Large Clinical Laboratory
📚 Books worth reading
The art of computer programmingDonald Knuth · 1922
Software EngineeringRoger S. Pressman, Bruce Maxim · 1982
Java software solutionsLewis, John, John E. Lewis Ph. D. · 1997
JavaScriptDavid Flanagan · 1996
System softwareLeland L. Beck · 1985
Semantic web for the working ontologistDean Allemang · 2008
Object-oriented software constructionBertrand Meyer · 1988- 📕User-friendly software for the design of digital line-of-sight radio linksJ. E. Farrow · 1989
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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