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The Purloined Mainframe: Hiding the History of Computing in Plain Sight
July-Sept. 2009 (vol. 31 no. 3)
pp. 83-84
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| John Laprise, "The Purloined Mainframe: Hiding the History of Computing in Plain Sight," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 83-84, July-Sept., 2009. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MAHC.2009.52, author = {John Laprise}, title = {The Purloined Mainframe: Hiding the History of Computing in Plain Sight}, journal ={IEEE Annals of the History of Computing}, volume = {31}, number = {3}, issn = {1058-6180}, year = {2009}, pages = {83-84}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MAHC.2009.52}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Annals of the History of Computing TI - The Purloined Mainframe: Hiding the History of Computing in Plain Sight IS - 3 SN - 1058-6180 SP83 EP84 EPD - 83-84 A1 - John Laprise, PY - 2009 KW - Think Piece KW - John Laprise KW - purloined mainframe KW - history of computing VL - 31 JA - IEEE Annals of the History of Computing ER - | |||
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MAHC.2009.52
The US federal government is immense. Executive branch departments are the size of large multinational corporations, with similar reach and power. Yet historians of computing looking at government have largely focused on elements in the Department of Defense not related to cryptography and NASA. Both of these organizations have a well-documented interest in computer technology. What about everyone else?
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Think Piece, John Laprise, purloined mainframe, history of computing
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John Laprise, "The Purloined Mainframe: Hiding the History of Computing in Plain Sight," IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 83-84, July-Sept. 2009, doi:10.1109/MAHC.2009.52
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