Computer: A History of the Information Machine (Sloan Technology)

Computer:AHistoryoftheInformationMachine,SecondEditiontracesthestoryofthecomputer,andshowshowbusinessandgovernmentwerethefirsttoexploreitsunlimited,information-processingpotential.Old-fashionedentrepreneurshipcombinedwithscientificknow-howinspirednowfamouscomputerengineerstocreatethetechnologythatbecameIBM.WartimeneedsdrovethegiantENIAC,thefirstfullyelectroniccomputer.Later,thePCenabledmodesofcomputingthatliberatedpeoplefromroom-sized,mainframecomputers.ThissecondeditionnowextendsbeyondthedevelopmentofMicrosoftWindowsandtheInternet,toincludeopensourceoperatingsystemslikeLinux,andtheriseagainandfallandpotentialriseofthedot.comindustries.