Quotes from IEEE Software History

This alternative view of IEEE Software history presents quotes organized in conversations. Each conversation pairs a quote from the magazine’s early days (1984–1990) with a more contemporary quote, with at least 20 years between the two. The aim is to illustrate that some key ideas and topics are classic and have value even decades later. Additional pairs of quotes are available in the Web Extra at https://extras.computer.org/extra/mso2018050010s1.pdf. This article is part of a theme issue on software engineering’s 50th anniversary.