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From: lucio@proxima.alt.za
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] parallels
Date: Fri,  8 Jan 2010 21:28:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <e9fb39bba6c0ef868beef78922db6fa4@proxima.alt.za> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <2c43c69be41aeb8e0365f250e71f53be@coraid.com>

> it's unfortunate that computer history isn't a bigger
> component of a computer science degree.

History and Philosophy of Science was slow in becoming a legitimate
academic pursuit of great practical value.  It will probably not be
quite as long before the analogous subject will materialise for
electronic computing.  It is an answered question how much influence
financial interests will have on it.

++L




  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-01-08 19:28 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-01-08 10:44 Francisco J Ballesteros
2010-01-08 10:48 ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2010-01-08 18:58   ` geoff
2010-01-08 19:00     ` David Leimbach
2010-01-08 16:49       ` Patrick Kelly
2010-01-08 19:12       ` geoff
2010-01-08 16:52         ` Patrick Kelly
2010-01-08 19:18         ` ron minnich
2010-01-08 16:55           ` Patrick Kelly
2010-01-08 19:40           ` François Revol
2010-01-08 19:23         ` erik quanstrom
2010-01-08 19:26           ` Corey Thomasson
2010-01-08 19:28           ` lucio [this message]
2010-01-08 19:46             ` erik quanstrom
2010-01-08 17:02               ` Patrick Kelly
2010-01-10 14:37               ` Robert Raschke
2010-01-08 20:30             ` lucio
2010-01-15 16:51           ` William Cowan
2010-01-15 17:30             ` erik quanstrom
2010-01-20  0:47             ` Patrick Kelly
2010-01-20  1:00               ` erik quanstrom
2010-01-08 19:26         ` Iruata Souza
2010-01-08 19:48           ` Tim Newsham
2010-01-08 19:42         ` Bakul Shah
2010-01-08 19:45         ` Tim Newsham
2010-01-08 19:47       ` Lyndon Nerenberg (VE6BBM/VE7TFX)
2010-01-08 20:04         ` François Revol
2010-01-09  9:08     ` Anthony Sorace
2010-01-09 14:53       ` erik quanstrom
2010-01-09 16:10         ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2010-01-09 16:14           ` erik quanstrom
2010-01-09 17:08             ` Joseph Stewart
2010-01-09 17:20               ` Francisco J Ballesteros
2010-01-09 23:38                 ` Federico G. Benavento
2010-02-10 15:51         ` akss

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