Beyond Computing--Computers of the Next Fifty Years: Translation Series of Computer Culture

Author: Ding Ning [USA]
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Publish Date: 1998-12-01
Features: Will the development of computer science and technology ever come to an end? How long will the Wintel alliance formed by Intel and Microsoft last? What does the opening of the global information superhighway mean? How will the development of computer science and technology unfold in the coming decades? Some progress is entirely predictable, while some comes unexpectedly. This book, written by renowned computer educator Ding Ning from ACM and Ethernet inventor Metcalfe, invites 20 of the most influential figures in the field of computer science to comprehensively predict the future direction of computer science and technology over the next half-century.