"I don’t know if this adds anything to the conversation. I just like software history." This topic has my curiosity peaked as well. What is a good place to sta

"I don’t know if this adds anything to the conversation. I just like software history." This topic has my curiosity peaked as well. What is a good place to start reading/understanding more about this? From my understanding software development is a complex field that blew up in multiple places at the same time.