Portable Software, 1983
Discuss on software developments for computers in the 1980s based on my personal experience of the first 10 years in Korea.
Korea was not ready to develop system softwares, then. My task is to lead development of the computers (컴퓨터 국산화 Project); microcomputer, minicomputer, and the mainframe computers at Korea Institute of Electronics Technology (1979-1982), followed by computer science professors at SNU and KAIST. I was thinking on portable software, open source software, free software,.. then. DOS for microcomputers, and UNIX for minicomputers as well as software tools were primary candidates in the 1980s. Richard Stallman visited KAIST in the 1980s. He is a super programmer, and was promoting "free software" such as GNU Project.
Will comment on AI and open software, next. Will also comment on the related topics including AI, Creative Commons, (Open Source) Hardware, and Software Maintenance.
- Ph.D. in Computer Science, UCLA, 1974
- Professor, KAIST, 1982-2008 (Professor Emeritus, 2008-present)
- Internet Hall of Fame, Internet Society, 2012
- Founding Chair, Asia Pacific School of Internet Governance, 2015-2019
- Founding Chair, Asia Internet History Project, 2011-
- Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Advanced Network, 1997-2004
- Founding Chair, Asia Pacific Networking Group, 1991-1995
- Program Chair, Pacific Computer Communications Symposium, 1985
- Advisory Board Member, Communications of the ACM, 1996-2009
- Editorial Board Member, British Computer Society, 1994-2002
- Member of Technical Staff, Korea Institute of Electronics Technology, 1979-1982
- Member of Technical Staff, JPL/NASA, 1976-1980