YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
YOUR BUSINESS AUTHORITY
Springfield, MO
Martin Goetz, the recipient of the first U.S. patent for software, has died. He was 93.
Goetz received the patent in 1968 for data-sorting software for mainframes.
Goetz' "sorting system" is believed to have been the first software product to be sold commercially.
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With its third time appearing on the Dynamic Dozen list – Springfield Business Journal’s countdown of the fastest-growing companies in our community – Keep Supply took home the top honor.