Talk:Mark IV (software)

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A fact from Mark IV (software) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 January 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Mark IV was the first commercial software to cross $10 million in total sales, and the first to cross $100 million as well?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/January. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Mark IV (software).

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MARK-IV was an important step in the history of programming languages. This page is only a small start. Additional information will be welcomed. (I used MARK-IV on several different IBM mainframes) jmswtlk 19:10, 6 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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The result was: promoted by SL93 talk 22:51, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the Mark IV report generator was the first commercial software to cross $10 million in total sales, and the first to cross $100 million as well? Source: Johnson 1988
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Tan Gee Paw

5x expanded by Maury Markowitz (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 204 past nominations.

Maury Markowitz (talk) 02:58, 3 January 2025 (UTC).[reply]

Article is long enough, qualifies for 5x expansion, and has no evidence of copyvio. QPQ checks out too. The hook is cited in article and is interesting; tho i'll have to AGF on it. The fact it crossed both 10 million and 100 million in sales is interesting, but I can't think of a way to include both in a hook. Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 04:27, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Generalissima: I didn't mention this simply because I was concerned about the hook being too long, but looking at it now it seems too short. I think we could get away with "... to cross $10 million in total sales, and the first to cross $100 million as well?" Maury Markowitz (talk) 19:51, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Works for me! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 20:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]