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From Mainframes to Smartphones - A History of the International Computer Industry (Hardcover)
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From Mainframes to Smartphones - A History of the International Computer Industry (Hardcover)
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This compact history traces the computer industry from its origins
in 1950s mainframes, through the establishment of standards
beginning in 1965 and the introduction of personal computing in the
1980s. It concludes with the Internet's explosive growth since
1995. Across these four periods, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel
Garcia-Swartz describe the steady trend toward miniaturization and
explain its consequences for the bundles of interacting components
that make up a computer system. With miniaturization, the price of
computation fell and entry into the industry became less costly.
Companies supplying different components learned to cooperate even
as they competed with other businesses for market share.
Simultaneously with miniaturization-and equally consequential-the
core of the computer industry shifted from hardware to software and
services. Companies that failed to adapt to this trend were left
behind. Governments did not turn a blind eye to the activities of
entrepreneurs. The U.S. government was the major customer for
computers in the early years. Several European governments
subsidized private corporations, and Japan fostered R&D in
private firms while protecting its domestic market from foreign
competition. From Mainframes to Smartphones is international in
scope and broad in its purview of this revolutionary industry.
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