30 Oct
2015
30 Oct
'15
3:38 p.m.
Instead, we need to look at the relative involvements of academia,
guvmint,
military, and industry (foreign and domestic). Like the
development of the internet (I do not see an "invention" nor a definable
creation date), there were several major forces that helped in their own
self-serving ways to bring it about.
In terms of what brought about the creation of microcomputers, look
particularly at
where the impetus and funding came from for the 4004 and
similar.