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Book SynopsisThis compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.
Trade ReviewThe history presented is sweeping in its scope. -- Thomas W. Hazlett * International Journal of the Economics of Business *
The authors have written a short, well-informed history of how computing became a business and a global industry. While aimed at business and economic historians, it has much to teach historians of technology too… This is a well-executed, mature, and knowledgeable study that should be of interest to historians of technology and not just essential to those studying the history of computing. -- James W. Cortada * Technology and Culture *
Offers a concise history of the companies that created the computer industry… This book is a worthy addition to the literature of the history of computing. -- J. Rodzvilla * Choice *
A clear-eyed view of the international computer industry and its leading firms across time. The authors have a good grasp of how the landscape changed and a sensible take on the forces that drove those changes. -- Steven W. Usselman, Georgia Institute of Technology
An insightful and fascinating short history of the international computer industry. -- Jeffrey R. Yost, University of Minnesota
