<div dir="ltr">A few years ago I visited the old IBM facility in Sindelfingen where they had built a very nice museum (since moved to the research facility at Böblingen, where it is far less accessible). I was treated to a presentation about the role of German companies, in particular DEHOMAG, in the foundation of what would become IBM. By their account, the technological contributions of DEHOMAG were significant - they stopped just short of claiming that IBM was originally more a German company than an American one. <div><br></div><div>Richard, I will be presenting at the Vintage Computer Festival - Berlin this weekend. If you happen to be in attendance it would be a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Regards -- Ian King </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 12:43 AM, Richard Vahrenkamp <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vahrenkamp2@gmx.de" target="_blank">vahrenkamp2@gmx.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear all,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">60 years ago the German sociologist Theo Pirker
made the
assertion that machinization of information leads to rapid
expansion of
information volume and to broadening the stream of information. I
used this
approach in my paper on punch card technology in Germany in the
recent issue of
the German journal Technikgeschichte. I showed how the
introduction of punched
cards induced the first information explosion in history. Further
I raised some
doubts on the current view that the industry in the United States
were leading
in the application of punched cards based control systems. I
showed that in
Germany the industry reached the same level of punched cards based
control
systems as in the United States. On your demand I can provide an
English translation
of my paper as a working paper 1/2017.<u></u> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With kind regards</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Richard Vahrenkamp</p>
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