DocumentCode
3557727
Title
Why AFIPS Invested in History
Author
Carlson, Walter M.
Volume
8
Issue
3
fYear
1986
Firstpage
270
Lastpage
274
Abstract
The simple answer to the question of why AFIPS invested in history - given the benefit of today´s 20/20 hindsight - is that there is no economic market for the history of contemporary technology. In the special case of information technology, everyone involved is far too busy keeping up with today´s events and tomorrow´s predictions, and no time is available to be concerned about yesterday.
Keywords
Economic forecasting; Face; Government; History; Industrial economics; Information processing; Information technology; Investments; Military computing; Permission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Annals of the History of Computing
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0164-1239
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MAHC.1986.10050
Filename
4640558
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