Computer Decisions

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-oriented^[7] and management-oriented;^[2] one issue ran over 10 pages on "Is there a shortage of computer programmers" in 1980.^[8] JSTOR listed them in a bibliography regarding computer ethics.^[9]

The magazine's name is included in lists of "published in" such as Columbia University's Graduate Alumni Magazine.^[10]^[11]^[12]

References

^ N. R. Kleinfield (August 29, 1981). "Computing's Lusty Offspring". The New York Times.
^ ^a ^b ComputerHistory.org's collection of monthly issues begins with April 1970: "Computer Decisions".
^ "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.
^ "Computer Decisions 1984 VDT Comparison Guide". February 6, 1984 – via Internet Archive.
^ "Computer Decisions". 1984.
^ "The Whole Truth about Half-Off deals". Advertising Age. November 20, 1989. p. 29.
^ "Computer Decisions specializes in scalable integrated ..." was a decscription about the magazine. "Computer Decisions". 1988.
^ S. S. Anderson (December 1980). "Is there a shortage of computer programmers" (PDF). pp. 74–87. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 26, 2020.
^ Bynum, Terrell Ward (1985). "a computer ethics bibliography". Metaphilosophy. 16 (4): 350–353. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9973.1985.tb00181.x. JSTOR 24436828.
^ "Program Notes: Graduate Alumni". Fall 2017. published ... several .. papers in Computer Decisions
^ "Obits". NewsTribune. September 3, 2020. After moving back to California he worked for Computer Decisions, ...
^ "Mel Mandell - Obituary". Legacy.com. January 28, 2010. Editor of many magazines, notably Computer Decisions