3 Computer programs that have changed the world

Posted by nksonfire on Friday July 17, 2015 @05:33AM
from the self-post dept.

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Re:3 Computer programs that have changed the world by Someone on Friday July 17, 2015 @07:47AM (#9902256)

Linux? BSD would have filled that void, if Linus hadn't written it.

GCC? The portable C compiler already was years old, and would have gotten more attention if it hadn't taken over.

Web Browser? That's big enough an improvement over gopher to be something genuinely new. The world would look different without it.

I would consider adding email, Word processing, VisiCalc and the first 'real' search engine, whatever that was.

I would consider the GPL idea, too, but that's not software, but wetware.

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Re:3 Computer programs that have changed the world by drallison on Friday July 17, 2015 @10:46AM (#9902972)

Click bait. It would be nice if HN were to filter out this sort of SPAM.

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