Books on the history of Software Development?

Question

Is there a book on the history of Software Development (from the very beginning till say 2005)?

I know this is a very broad subject touching many aspects of Computer Science. But it will be great to know, say, not only the reasons behind development of Java(or any other language) but also the associated history. Or how the development of different kinds of architectures changed the way code is written. Or how the development of web changed the outlook.

It will also be interesting to know about the different people who have contributed / are contributing.

Answer 1

I'm currently reading "Coders at Work" which may be a starting point. It contains interviews with different types of expert programmers and their history. Some go back quite a while, and it also reflects on debugging and development techniques they had to deal with in the past.

But it's not a complete history of software development.

Answer 2

Another interview book that covers a bunch of history is Masterminds of Programming. It interviews a bunch of the language creators from over the years.