DocumentCode
1152032
Title
The social impact (Project MAC)
Author
Lee, J.A.N. ; Fano, Robert
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Virginia Tech., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Volume
14
Issue
2
fYear
1992
fDate
6/14/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
36
Lastpage
41
Abstract
Outside of the technological advances being made in time-sharing and interactive computing as well as the allied enterprises within Project MAC, there was a deep concern among the system designers about the cultural impact of placing a computer in the public domain. In a paper coauthored with E.E. David, Jr., in 1965 and in another published in 1967, R. Fano commented on such current concerns as unemployment and predicted future concerns that we now live with, including computer security and (what is now called) backing. Excerpts from these papers are presented.<>
Keywords
history; interactive systems; social aspects of automation; time-sharing systems; Project MAC; backing; computer security; cultural impact; interactive computing; public domain; time-sharing; Automobiles; Computer crime; Computer security; Cultural differences; Social implications of technology; Telephony; Time sharing computer systems; Transportation; Unemployment;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.150022
Filename
150022
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