a History of modern computing

This engaging history modern computing from the development of the eletronic digital computer through the dot-com crast. The author concentrates on five key moments of transition: the transformation of the computer in the late 1940s from a specialized scientific intsrument to a commercial product; the emergence of small sytems in the late 1960; the beginning of fersonal computer in the 1970s;the spread of net working after 1985; and in a chapter written for this edition,the 1995-2001. The new materail focuses on the Microsoft antitrust suit, the rise and fall of dot-coms, and the adven of open source softwar, particulary Linux