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==History== | ==History== | ||
CSC was founded in April 1959 in | CSC was founded in April 1959 in Los Angeles, California, by [[Roy Nutt]] and [[Fletcher R. Jones|Fletcher Jones]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Our History |work= CSC web site |url= http://www.csc.com/about_us/ds/40546-our_history |access-date= June 1, 2010 }}</ref> CSC initially provided [[programming tools]] such as [[assembly language|assembler]] and [[compiler]] software.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/computer-sciences-corporation-history/|title = CSC, History|publisher = fundinguniverse.com}}</ref> | ||
In the 1960s, CSC provided software programming services to major computer manufacturers like [[IBM]] and [[Honeywell]] and secured their first contracts for the U.S. public sector with [[NASA]] (among others).<ref name=":0" /> | In the 1960s, CSC provided software programming services to major computer manufacturers like [[IBM]] and [[Honeywell]] and secured their first contracts for the U.S. public sector with [[NASA]] (among others).<ref name=":0" /> | ||
By 1963, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the [[American Stock Exchange]].<ref name="Computing Curriculum">{{cite web | url=http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/comphist_9812tla5.pdf | title=History in the Computing Curriculum | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] and had operations in [[Canada]], [[India]], the | By 1963, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the [[American Stock Exchange]].<ref name="Computing Curriculum">{{cite web | url=http://www.hofstra.edu/pdf/comphist_9812tla5.pdf | title=History in the Computing Curriculum | access-date=November 21, 2014}}</ref> By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] and had operations in [[Canada]], [[India]], the United Kingdom, [[Germany]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Brazil]], and the [[Netherlands]]. | ||
In 1967, CSC set up Computicket Corp. to compete in the fledgling electronic ticket market competing with [[Ticketron]] but lost $13 million and discontinued the service in 1970.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 8, 1970|page=117|last=Arneel|first=Gene|title=Computicket Folds With $13-Mil Loss, But Ticketron Still Punching Away}}</ref> | In 1967, CSC set up Computicket Corp. to compete in the fledgling electronic ticket market competing with [[Ticketron]] but lost $13 million and discontinued the service in 1970.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=April 8, 1970|page=117|last=Arneel|first=Gene|title=Computicket Folds With $13-Mil Loss, But Ticketron Still Punching Away}}</ref> | ||