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April 6, 2012
Bell Labs
The Computer History Museum rececntly hosted a forum with John Gertner, the author of a new book about Bell Labs.
March 19, 2012
The Sweet Spot
PC World recently ran an interesting piece about vintage DP equipment still being used on a daily basis, for practical purposes.
September 28, 2011
Another Historic Plaque
By now you must know that I am fond of historic plaques, especially ones that have to do with the District of Columbia or Northern Virginia.
September 26, 2011
The History of Enterprise Software
Software Advice, an online reviewer of ERP software, has published a four-part series on the history of enterprise software.
August 12, 2011
After 30 years, is the IBM PC reign ending?
Thirty years ago, the International Business Machines company introduced its first general-purpose personal computer, the 5150. (The IBM 5100 and DisplayWriter were also personal computing devices, but most people don’t count them as a first.)
June 16, 2011
Happy birthday, Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the 1911 formation of the Computing Tabulating Recording Corporation through the merger of the
April 27, 2011
Mainframe History and the First Users' Groups (SHARE)
“Programming” (and programming support) was an old data processing concept that originally was broadly defined as the adaptation of general-purpose devices to specific tasks. Programming therefore goes back to Herman Hollerith wiring and rewiring (programming) his equipment to handle specific jo
April 22, 2011
Where exactly is the "cloud"?
You have probably heard the news about the failure of Amazon's Cloud computing services, in spite of their claim that it was geographically dispersed, redundant, etc
April 4, 2011
How Does a Company Make it to 100? The Short History.
April 1, 2011
The Mainframe: A Living History
This month is the 47th anniversary of IBM's introducti