1. Rise Of IBM
Non-Technical Bob Taylor, who was a young man worked at the Pentagon from 1965 till 1969 as the director of the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO). He had his office one floor lower than his boss" office Charles Herzfeld, who was the head of the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). Taylor had his suite, besides his office, with three different computers as the terminal room. Each computer was linked to a different site, to MIT in Cambridge, UC Berkley and Santa Monica, CA. The fact of having three computers in his office reflects the importance of the IPTO. ...