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From Mainframes to Smartphones

A History of the International Computer Industry

By: Martin Campbell-Kelly,Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz

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From Mainframes to Smartphones

A History of the International Computer Industry

By: Martin Campbell-Kelly,Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz

This compact history traces the computer industry from its origins in 1950s mainframes, through the establishment of standards beginning in 1965 and the introduction of personal computing in the 1980s. It concludes with the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Across these four periods, Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe the steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences for the bundles of interacting components that make up a computer system. With miniaturization, the price of computation fell and entry into the industry became less costly. Companies supplying different components learned to cooperate even as they competed with other businesses for market share. Simultaneously with miniaturization—and equally consequential—the core of the computer industry shifted from hardware to software and services. Companies that failed to adapt to this trend were left behind. Governments did not turn a blind eye to the activities of entrepreneurs. The U.S. government was the major customer for computers in the early years. Several European governments subsidized private corporations, and Japan fostered R&D in private firms while protecting its domestic market from foreign competition. From Mainframes to Smartphones is international in scope and broad in its purview of this revolutionary industry.

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Harvard University Press

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0674286553

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Cellular

An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry

By: Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz,Martin Campbell-Kelly

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Cellular

An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry

By: Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz,Martin Campbell-Kelly

Tracks the evolution of the international cellular industry from the late 1970s to the present. The development of the mobile-phone industry into what we know today required remarkable cooperation between companies, governments, and industrial sectors. Companies developing cellular infrastructure, cellular devices, cellular network services, and eventually software and mobile semiconductors had to cooperate, not simply compete, with each other. In this global history of the mobile-phone industry, Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz and Martin Campbell-Kelly examine its development in the United States, Europe, Japan, and several emerging economies, including China and India. They present the evolution of mobile phones from the perspective of vendors of telephone equipment and network operators, users whose lives have been transformed by mobile phones, and governments that have fostered specific mobile-phone standards. Cellular covers the technical aspects of the cellphone, as well as its social and political impact. Beginning with the 1980s, the authors trace the development of closed (proprietary) and open (available to all) cellular standards, the impact of network effects as cellular adoption increased, major technological changes affecting mobile phone hardware, and the role of national governments in shaping the industry. The authors also consider the changing roles that cellular phones have played in the everyday lives of people around the world and the implications 5G technology may have for the future. Finally, they offer statistics on how quickly the cellular industry grew in different regions of the world and how firms competed in those various markets. Cellular is published in the History of Computing Series. This distinguished series has played a major role in defining scholarship in the history of computing. Hallmarks of the series are its technical detail and interpretation of primary source materials.

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MIT Press

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026237000X

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9780262370004

Cellular

An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry

By: Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz,Martin Campbell-Kelly

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An Economic and Business History of the International Mobile-Phone Industry

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From Mainframes to Smartphones

A History of the International Computer Industry

By: Martin Campbell-Kelly,Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz

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From Mainframes to Smartphones

A History of the International Computer Industry

By: Martin Campbell-Kelly,Daniel D. Garcia-Swartz

This compact history traces the computer industry from 1950s mainframes, through establishment of standards beginning in 1965, to personal computing in the 1980s and the Internet’s explosive growth since 1995. Martin Campbell-Kelly and Daniel Garcia-Swartz describe a steady trend toward miniaturization and explain its consequences.

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0674729064

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Alexander Grzelachowski

By: Daniel B. Flores

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Alexander Grzelachowski

By: Daniel B. Flores

Alexander Grzelachowski: Book II is being written as a follow-up to Alexander Grzelachowski: Puerto de Luna's Renaissance Man published in June 2012. The author is Grzelachowski's great-grandson, Daniel Flores, who grew up in Puerto de Luna in his grandparents' residence. His grandmother was Leticia Grzelachowski Padilla. His grandparents lived across the street from his parents, Benny and Tina Flores. The young Flores would help his elderly grandparents with household chores. Growing up in his grandmother's household, Flores had the opportunity to hear many of her reminisces about her father. She would relate stories about her father with great pride. Book II includes much new information about Grzelachowski that was not included in the original Grzelachowski book. Included in Book II is a section about the village of Puerto de Luna in the days of Grzelachowski. The community was once very prosperous and served as the original county seat of Guadalupe county. New information is also included about Grzelachowski's immigration to the United States in 1850. Information from the ship's manifest of the passengers, who crossed the Atlantic on their voyage to America, helps document his journey. Grzelachowski crossed with a group of priests and nuns who were coming to help propagate their Catholic faith in the United States. Additional information is also included about Grzelachowski's military role as a military chaplain during the Confederate invasion of New Mexico in 1862. Grzelachowski not only saw action at Glorieta but was also involved in the Battle of Valverde and the Battle of Peralta. Flores also has an expanded section of the Grzelachowski family and includes a vignette about each of the eight Grzelachowski offspring. The section is illustrated with family photographs, though photographs were not available for all of Grzelachowski's children.

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1496037642

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Cuentos de la Pastura

Tales of a Guadalupe County Railroad Town

By: Daniel B. Flores

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Cuentos de la Pastura

Tales of a Guadalupe County Railroad Town

By: Daniel B. Flores

Pastura is a Spanish word meaning pasture, the community being located on rich grasslands in the rolling llanos, plains, of southern Guadalupe County. Pastura owes its existence to the El Paso and & Northeastern railway which came into the area in 1901. Pastura is located on U. S. Highway 54 about nineteen miles southwest of Santa Rosa. It once had several elementary schools located in its vicinity. It also had a post office from 1903-60. Early pioneers in the Pastura area were sheep ranchers or worked for some of the large sheep ranchers in the area. One of the sheep ranchers was the governor of the Territory of New Mexico, Miguel Otero. The entry of the railroad into the area made it easy for the sheep ranchers to transport their sheep and wool. The early railroad was high maintenance and many men from the area worked for the railroad. The economy of Pastura was driven by the sheep industry and the railroad. As the need for workers from the two main methods of employment began to decrease, so did the economy and population of Pastura. Today the Southern Pacific railroad passes through the once thriving village. Pastura was founded in 1901 by employees of the railroad and the Pintada Trading Co., owned by the Charles Ilfeld Co. The company name was later changed to the Pastura Trading Company. Cuentos de la Pastura, tales of Pastura in English, is a collection of vignettes about Pastura and the surrounding area. Most of the vignettes have been culled from old newspaper articles about Pastura and its people. Included in Cuentos are several stories about some of Pastura's military heroes dating back to World War I. The son of a Pastura rancher was killed in a ship board coal dust explosion in WWI. Another sailor from Pastura was killed when his submarine was sunk by Japanese destroyers near the end of WWII. A Pastura soldier made the supreme sacrifice during the Korean War. Many of the vignettes are about the trials and tribulations of some of the early Pastura pioneers. Some of the vignettes are accompanied by photographs which help tell a story.

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1515315916

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