Smarter Than Their Machines: Oral Histories of the Pioneers of
Interactive Computing is based on oral histories archived at the
Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota. Included are
the oral histories of some key pioneers of the computer industry
selected by John that led to interactive computing, such as Richard
Bloch, Gene Amdahl, Herbert W. Robinson, Sam Wyly, J.C.R.
Licklider, Ivan Sutherland, Larry Roberts, Robert Kahn, Marvin
Minsky, Michael Dertouzos, and Joseph Traub, as well as his own.
John has woven them together via introductions that is, in essence,
a personal walk down the computer industry road. John had the
unique advantage of having been part of, or witness to, much of the
history contained in these oral histories beginning as a co-op
student at Arthur D. Little, Inc., in the 1950's. Eventually, he
would become a pioneer in his own right by creating the computer
industry's first successful software products company (Cullinane
Corporation). However, an added benefit of reading these oral
histories is that they contain important messages for our leaders
of today, at all levels, including that government, industry, and
academia can accomplish great things when working together in an
effective way. This is how the computer industry was created, which
then led to the Internet, both totally unanticipated just 75 years
ago.
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