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Computer Decisions was a computer industry monthly magazine[1] published in the 1970s[2][3] and 1980s.[4][5]


In 1989 InformationWeek noted the loss to the industry of this and another competitor, Infosystems.[6]

Collectors have described the magazine as being hardware-orientedCite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). and management-oriented;[2] one issue ran over 10 pages on "Is there a shortage of computer programmers" in 1980.[7] JSTOR listed them in a bibliography regarding computer ethics.[8]

The magazine's name is included in lists of "published in" such as Columbia University's Graduate Alumni Magazine.[9][10][11]

References

  1. ^ N. R. Kleinfield (August 29, 1981). "Computing's Lusty Offspring". The New York Times.
  2. ^ a b ComputerHistory.org's collection of monthly issues begins with April 1970: "Computer Decisions".
  3. ^ "Help needed in finding value of early computer magagazine". I have had a magazine staring me in the face for several years. Titled "Computer Decisions". August 1970.
  4. ^ "Computer Decisions 1984 VDT Comparison Guide".
  5. ^ "Computer Decisions".
  6. ^ "The Whole Truth about Half-Off deals". Advertising Age. November 20, 1989. p. 29.
  7. ^ |cite web |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a240588.pdf |title=Is there a shortage of computer programmers |date=December 1980 |pages=74-87 |author=S. S. Anderson}}
  8. ^ "a computer ethics bibliography". JSTOR.org.
  9. ^ "Program Notes: Graduate Alumni". Fall 2017. published ... several .. papers in Computer Decisions
  10. ^ "Obits". NewsTribune. September 3, 2020. After moving back to California he worked for Computer Decisions, ...
  11. ^ "Mel Mandell - Obituary". January 28, 2010. Editor of many magazines, notably Computer Decisions