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<DIV>In re the history of computer science:</DIV>
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<DIV>A candidate for the first appearance of open source might be Algorithm 1.
QuadI by R.J. Herbold of NBS which appeared in the February 1960 issue of the
<EM>Communications of the ACM</EM>.</DIV>
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<DIV>Might anyone have suggestion for an earlier candidate?</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers, Scott</DIV>
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