[SIGCIS-Members] IBM History

[JoAnne Yates]

Congratulations, Jim! I look forward to it. And thanks for the cool ad, Pierre!

JoAnne

From: Members <members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org> On Behalf Of Pierre Mounier-Kuhn
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 5:49 AM
To: James Cortada <jcortada at umn.edu>; members <members at sigcis.org>
Subject: Re: [SIGCIS-Members] IBM History

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

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À: "Barbara B Walker" <bbwalker at unr.edu<mailto:bbwalker at unr.edu>>
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Envoyé: Mardi 15 Janvier 2019 00:34:05
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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 <bbwalker at unr.edu<mailto: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


From: Members <members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org<mailto:members-bounces at lists.sigcis.org>> on behalf of James Cortada <jcortada at umn.edu<mailto:jcortada at umn.edu>>
Date: Monday, January 14, 2019 at 8:00 AM
To: sigcis <members at sigcis.org<mailto: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 Mitpress.mit.edu<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>.  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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Charles Babbage Institute
University of Minnesota
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The Information School<http://ischool.uw.edu>
Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens

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Value Sensitive Design Research Lab<http://vsdesign.org>

University of Washington

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