DocumentCode
1503278
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
Volume
21
Issue
2
fYear
1999
Firstpage
14
Lastpage
30
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1058-6180
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/85.761791
Filename
761791
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