From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2010 21:28:54 +0200 From: lucio@proxima.alt.za In-Reply-To: <2c43c69be41aeb8e0365f250e71f53be@coraid.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] parallels Topicbox-Message-UUID: ba3b0c70-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > 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