Title :
Big Blue gets beaten: the technological and political controversy of the first large Swedish computerization project in a rhetoric of technology perspective
Author :
Johansson, Magnus
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Thematic Studies, Linkoping Univ., Sweden
Abstract :
This article analyzes the rhetoric used in the Datasaab-IBM controversy when the first computerized national register and taxation system was created in the early 1960s. The aim is to understand how Datasaab could establish a new technological frame and at the same time grow into what became Sweden´s first big computer manufacturer
Keywords :
DP industry; financial data processing; government data processing; history; politics; tax preparation; Datasaab; IBM; Sweden; Swedish computerization project; computer manufacturer; computerized national register; computerized taxation system; electronic data processing; history; political controversy; rhetoric; technological controversy; technological frame; Computer aided manufacturing; Decision support systems; Fiber reinforced plastics; Registers; Rhetoric; Virtual reality;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
