[SIGCIS-Members] IBM History

Tue Jan 15 02:49:22 PST 2019

Congratulations, Jim, for this mighty work ! We are eager to read it. 
I happen to participate today in a meeting about the history of computing in Nancy. This local saga started with a visit of Norbert Wiener in 1947 and the arrival of an IBM 604 a few years later. I presented an early ad for this machine (attached), stressing that it simply said "Electronic Calculator" for an obvious reason: There was no other on the market. 
Best, 
Pierre 
Pierre Mounier-Kuhn 
CNRS & Sorbonne Université 
https://cnrs.academia.edu/PierreMounierKuhn 

De: "Ian S. King" <isking at uw.edu> 
À: "Barbara B Walker" <bbwalker at unr.edu> 
Cc: "members" <members at sigcis.org> 
Envoyé: Mardi 15 Janvier 2019 00:34:05 
Objet: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History 

I too am delighted by this publication. I've had numerous conversations with some of the former Sindelfingen team and they were quite proud of Germany's contributions to computing. I'm quite interested to read about your research regarding the early era of IBM's precursors. -- Ian 

On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 2:08 PM Barbara B Walker < [ mailto:bbwalker at unr.edu | bbwalker at unr.edu ] > wrote: 

Warmest congratulations, Jim!!! I am really looking forward to reading this, have been waiting with great interest for its arrival. 

Best, Barbara 

Barbara Walker 

Associate Professor 

Department of History/308 

University of Nevada, Reno 

Reno NV 89557 

Office phone: 775-784-4303 

Website: [ https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker |  https://www.unr.edu/history/history-people/barbara-walker ] 

From: Members < [ mailto:members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org | members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org ] > on behalf of James Cortada < [ mailto:jcortada at umn.edu | jcortada at umn.edu ] > 
Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM 
To: sigcis < [ mailto:members at sigcis.org | members at sigcis.org ] > 
Subject: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History 

I am delighted to inform you that my book IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon will be published by MIT Press in early March. As many of you already know, this history goes from the 1880s to the present and represents decades of research on the managerial, technological, economic, and business issues you and I study. MIT Press is offering a 30% discount on orders received before March 10th. To take advantage of that use Code IBM30 and order from [ https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2FMitpress.mit.edu&data=01%7C01%7Cbbwalker%40unr.edu%7Cb3e300a86dcb4594897608d67a3976ac%7C523b4bfc0ebd4c03b2b96f6a17fd31d8%7C1&sdata=v3RMNMzgSro%2FyQOaFM9CPC8jYkX4E4KGGLqzZINbZsw%3D&reserved=0 |  Mitpress.mit.edu ] . I want to publicly thank the many dozens of you who have either helped, encouraged, or cajoled me into writing this large book. Regards, Jim 

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James W. Cortada 

Senior Research Fellow 

Charles Babbage Institute 

University of Minnesota 

[ mailto:jcortada at umn.edu | jcortada at umn.edu ] 

608-274-6382 
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-- 
Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate 
[ http://ischool.uw.edu/ | The Information School ] 
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens 

Principal Investigator, " Reflections on Early Computing and Social Change", UW IRB #42619 

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