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Communications of the ACM archive
Volume 38 , Issue 1 (January 1995) table of contents

Pages: 55 - 62

Year of Publication: 1995

ISSN:0001-0782

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Kathleen Hemenway

Sun Microsystems, Mountain View, CA

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
K. Computing Milieux
K.7 THE COMPUTING PROFESSION

General Terms:
Human Factors, Management

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