SHARE (computing)
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| Formation | 1955 |
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| Purpose | User group for IBM mainframe computers |
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| Website | www |
SHARE Inc. is a volunteer-run
Overview
A major resource of SHARE from the beginning was the SHARE library. Originally, IBM distributed what software it provided in source form[2][3][4] and systems programmers commonly made small local additions or modifications and exchanged them with other users. The SHARE library and the process of distributed development it fostered was one of the major origins of open source software.[5]
In 1959 SHARE released the
In 1969, members of SHARE in Europe formed a European Chapter of the organisation, which was formalised in 1966 as the "Share European Association (SEAS)", later SHARE Europe (SEAS).[6] The last meeting of 1994 was jointly held with G.U.I.D.E. At this meeting it was decided to dissolve both SHARE Europe and G.U.I.D.E. and establish the new European IBM users group GSE (Guide Share Europe).
SHARE later incorporated as a non-profit corporation based in
In September 1999, GUIDE International, the other major IBM mainframe users group, ceased operation. Although SHARE did not formally take over GUIDE in the United States, many of the activities and projects that were undertaken under the aegis of GUIDE moved to SHARE, and GUIDE suggested to its members that they join SHARE. In August 2000, SHARE took over the guide.org domain name.
In 2005 SHARE's membership of 20,000 represented some 2,300 enterprise IBM customers.[7]
See also
- History of free software
- History of SHARE Europe .
- IBM Type-III Library
- DECUS
- Seven tiers of disaster recovery
- COMMON
References
- ^ http://www.share.org/d/do/11532 [dead link]
- ^ Varian, Melinda (August 1997). "VM and the VM Community: Past, Present, and Future" (PDF). Princeton University. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 13, 2006.
- ^ "MEMO OCO:BDAY - Today is OCO's tenth birthday". February 8, 1993. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012.
- ^ Dave Pitts' IBM 7090/7094 Page Archived 2015-08-27 at the Wayback Machine – An example of distributed source: Page contains a link to IBM 7090/94 IBSYS source, including COBOL and FORTRAN compilers.
- ^ Gardner, David (August 17, 2005). "SHARE, IBM User Group, To Celebrate 50th Anniversary". TechWeb News. Archived from the original on March 24, 2006.
- ^ Hurst, Harry (March 1992). "30 Year History of SEAS / SHARE Europe".
- ^ Thibodeau, Patrick (March 2, 2005). "Share user group looks back at 50 years with buttons, ditties". Computerworld.
Further reading
- Edson, Joanne; Greenstadt, John; Greenwald, Irwin; Jones, Fletcher R.; Wagner, Frank V., eds. (1959-04-15) [August 1956]. SHARE Reference Manual for the IBM 704 (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
External links
- Official website
- SHARE Library
- Index of SHARE, Inc. Records, 1955-1994 at Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
- Index of GUIDE International Records, 1970-1992 at Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.
