Description: 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.
Brief description: Martin Campbell-Kelly is Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Warwick.
Review Quotes: 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