Если понятна суть аналогий, то в значительной степени понятна суть книги, и ее прочтение лишь подтверждает общеизвестное. Книга верно служила своим читателям приблизительно до 1997 года, пока студенты не начали спрашивать: «Кто такие Ashton Tate или Cullinet? Что такое Wordstar или Ingres?» Примеры, которые играли ключевую роль в доказательстве по аналогии, устарели. Увидело свет обновленное издание, где в целом была сохранена прежняя аргументация, но имена и названия компаний 1980-х годов заменены именами их последователей из 1990-х годов. Эта
See arvuti maksis 500 USD. Selle arvuti võimalused olid piiratud (operatiivmälu 256 baiti), klaviatuuri ja ekraani ei olnud. Sai populaarseks. Hilisemad variandid varustati monitoride ja klaviatuuriga. P.Allen ja B.Gates (tulevane firma Microsoft asutaja) töötasid selle arvuti tarvis sisseehitatud Basic-u interpretaatori. Firma MITS edusammud innustasid ka teisi firmasid arvutite alal tegutsema. Alustati ka üldotstarbelise tarkvara väljatöötamisega, nagu näiteks tekstiredaktor WordStar (1978.a.) ja tabeliprotsessor VisiCalc (1979.a.). Need väljatöötlused aitasid kaasa mikroarvutite(siis neid nii ka nimetati) edasisele tormisele arengule. Suure panuse personaalarvutite arendamisel ja kasutamisele võtmisel andis firma Apple. Tollal maailma suurim suurte arvutite tootja firma IBM ei kiirustanud mikroarvutite loomisega. Kuid vastav väljatöötajate grupp siiski loodi. Nendele anti vabad käed, selles
WPM Words Per Minute .WPM Macro (file name extension) [WordPerfect] WPOS Workplace Operating System WPS Windows Printing System [Microsoft] + Workplace Shell [OS2] WPVM Windows Parallel Virtual Machine .WQ1 Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] .WQ! Compressed Spreadsheet (file name extension) [BORPQU] WRAM Windows Random Access Memory WRE Weighted Random Early Detection [Cisco] .WRI Write (file name extension) WRK Windows Resource Kit [Microsoft] WS WordStar + Workstation WSAPI Web Site Application Program Interface [O'Reilly] WSDL Web Services Definition/Description Language [IBM/Microsoft] WSE Web Services Enhancement WSH Windows Scripting Host [Microsoft] WSP Wireless Session Protocol WSUI Web Services User Interface WT Write Through WTA Wireless Telephony Application WTLS Wireless Transport Layer Security WTM Wired For Management WWIS World Wide Information System [Internet] WWW World-Wide Web [Internet]
device-controlling chips. It contains 29,000 transistors, using 3-micron technology, and can address 1MB of memory. Speed is 0.33 MIPS. A later version operates at 8-MHz, for a speed of 0.75 MIPS. Bob Metcalfe founds 3Com Corporation. Texas Instruments introduces the TI-99/4 personal computer, for an initial price of US$1500. It uses the TI 9940 16-bit microprocessor. MicroPro releases the WordStar word processor, written by Rob Barnaby. It is made available for Intel 8080A Zilog Z-80 based CP/M-80 systems. written by Seymour Rubenstein Microsoft announces Microsoft BASIC 8086 at the National Computer Conference.] July CompuServe begins a service to computer hobbyists called MicroNET, offering bulletin boards, databases, and games. Clive Sinclair creates Sinclair Research. August Microsoft releases its Assembler language for 8080/Z80 microprocessors.