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The author, Bernard A. Galler, is eminently qualified to author such a work...Galler has made readable an extremely complex set of issues. For those interested in following the intricacies of intellectual property, the book provides an approachable entre into what may be an impossible body of literature. It is a well written text and a good introduction for the novice: at the same time, it has depth for the more knowledgeable reader. -Journal Of The American Society For Information Science ... a thoughtful and reflective analysis of how intellectual property law has adapted itself to accommodate protection of computer software over the past two decades. -The Computer Law And Security And Report ... this work succeeds in its aim to please a diverse readership. It is an excellent resource for curious international readers seeking an understanding of current developments greater than that available from popular press reports. It is a vital tool for any legal, computing or information management professional. -Australian Library Review ?...a thoughtful and reflective analysis of how intellectual property law has adapted itself to accommodate protection of computer software over the past two decades.?-The Computer Law And Security And Report ?...this work succeeds in its aim to please a diverse readership. It is an excellent resource for curious international readers seeking an understanding of current developments greater than that available from popular press reports. It is a vital tool for any legal, computing or information management professional.?-Australian Library Review ?The author, Bernard A. Galler, is eminently qualified to author such a work...Galler has made readable an extremely complex set of issues. For those interested in following the intricacies of intellectual property, the book provides an approachable entre into what may be an impossible body of literature. It is a well written text and a good introduction for the novice: at the same time, it has depth for the more knowledgeable reader.?-Journal Of The American Society For Information Science .,. a thoughtful and reflective analysis of how intellectual property law has adapted itself to accommodate protection of computer software over the past two decades. -The Computer Law And Security And Report .,. this work succeeds in its aim to please a diverse readership. It is an excellent resource for curious international readers seeking an understanding of current developments greater than that available from popular press reports. It is a vital tool for any legal, computing or information management professional. -Australian Library Review From his explanation of the code of 0's and 1's, the formatting of instructions and the history of computer languages through the function of operating system programs and the writing and processing of application programs, the reader is led from the seemingly simple to the obviously complex in a seamless style yielding constant illumination. Professor Galler's book is proof that the power of clear statement is the ultimate gift of the great teacher. -Jack E. Brown, founding partner Brown & Bain

From his explanation of the code of 0's and 1's, the formatting of instructions and the history of computer languages through the function of operating system programs and the writing and processing of application programs, the reader is led from the seemingly simple to the obviously complex in a seamless style yielding constant illumination. Professor Galler's book is proof that the power of clear statement is the ultimate gift of the great teacher. -Jack E. Brown, founding partner Brown & Bain

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BERNARD A. GALLER is Professor Emeritus, University of Michigan, and has served as an expert witness in major intellectual property cases during the last 15 years. He is founder and president of the Software Patent Institute, founding editor-in-chief of the Annals of the History of Computing, and a former president of the Association for Computing Machinery. Among his other books are The Language of Computers (1962) and A View of Programming Languages (with A. J. Perlis, 1970).

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