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Writings on computers, the early online world, and the Internet, dating from 1992 to 2000.
In San Francisco Bay Area; background, history, future: trends, forecasts.
Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in voting systems today.
A directory of links.
Algorithm and data structure researcher (see also Knuth and Dijkstra)
A biography by J.A.N. Lee. looking at him as a philosopher, politician, Newtonian, and industrialist.
Manuscripts of Edsger W. Dijkstra, a collection of over 1,300 written works, famously known as EWDs. Also, In Pursuit of Simplicity symposium. Format: PDF.
Resource for exploring the history of human computer interaction beginning with the pioneering work of Douglas Engelbart and his colleagues at Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s.
Debunks a persistent email hoax alleging that Microsoft is giving away money to people who forward chain letters.
A biography with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
Lecture video at Internet Archive. Open content.
Biography by Lee Angelelli of the co-founder of Apple Computer.
Drawing from some of the most pivotal points in his life, Steve Jobs urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks, including death itself.
Famous Rolling Stone article by Stewart Brand, part of which discusses PARC, Alan Kay, Dynabook, Smalltalk.
Summary of Kay talk, photograph series. Windley's Technometria.
History archive of firm founded by Gary and Dorothy Kildall (nee McEwen) in 1974, which soon became the first successful PC OS company. Tributes to the Kildalls, information on CP/M, MS/PC-DOS, Caldera v. Microsoft, many related topics.
Principle table and slogan outline explanation.
University of Edinburgh, summaries of: Computer Security in the Real World (Milner lecture); Computer Systems Research: Past and Future; How to Build a Highly Available System without a Toolkit.
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter on Lady Ada Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Difference and Analytical Engines. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
Biography and small portrait.
Brief biography with references.
Six part article. [Wired]
About the organisation and Jay Miner.
Brief biography along with details of a number of areas he worked in.
Growing biography, with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
Article on the death of Dr Ritchie, one of the key creators of the Unix operating system.
By Andrew Leonard. 'The saint of free software' sparks new debates about the philosophy of the open source movement: lively exchange between Stallman and Eric Raymond, and Tim O'Reilly response.
By Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of modern computing; this chapter discusses Ivan Sutherland, graphics, Sketchpad. Newer (c)2000 edition of the book is out, with follow-up interviews.
Growing biography, with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
Comments from: An Evening with Ivan Sutherland: Research and Fun; Computer History Museum, 19 October 2005.
Growing biography, with links to related topics. [Wikipedia]
Online encyclopedia article.