From Mainframes to Smartphones: A History of the International Computer Industry

Martin Campbell-Kelly; Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz

Published by Harvard University Press 2015

From Mainframes to Smartphones

A History of the International Computer Industry

Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674286535

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About this book

This 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.

Author / Editor information

Campbell-Kelly Martin :

Martin Campbell-Kelly is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Warwick.Garcia-Swartz Daniel D. :

Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz is an economist with Charles River Associates in Chicago.

Reviews

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

The 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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART I. Origins of the Computer Industry 1950–1965 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
PART II. The Impact of IBM’s System/360 1965–1980 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
PART III. The Rise of the Personal Computer 1980–1995 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
PART IV The Internet Era 1995–2010 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	153
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231

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Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Edition: Pilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 220
Illustrations
- Other: 7 graphs, 21 tables

eBook

Published: June 8, 2015
ISBN: 9780674286535