Greatest software

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Charles Babcock wrote article "The greatest software ever written" where he defined and rank it in descending order:

12. The Morris worm

11. Google search rank

10. Apollo guidance system

9. Excel spreadsheet

8. Macintosh OS

7. Sabre system

6. Mosaic browser

5. Java language

4. IBM System 360 OS

3. Gene-sequencing software for Genomic Research

2. IBM System R - first relational database by Edgar Codd

1. Unix System III


I would like to add to this list in chronological order:


1. ALGOL-60 language

2. PL/1 language by IBM

3. Adabas database and Natural language by Software AG

4. vi editor by Bill Joy

5. Ingres database and QUEL language

6. SQL language

7. CP/M OS by Digital Research

8. WordStar editor

9. dBase database by Wayne Ratliff and Clipper compiler by Nantucket

10. OpenVMS OS and DCL shell by DEC

11. Norton Commander shell

12. bash shell