A Very Brief History of Computing, 1948-2015 [video]

by edsykes on 1/18/2016, 10:18:30 AM with 3 comments

  • by walshemj on 1/18/2016, 11:52:13 PM

    If your in London Gresham College do a wide range of interesting lectures I can recommend having a look at their program.

    They go back over 400 years

  • by tslug on 1/19/2016, 1:06:40 AM

    Summary: Capitalism corrupted software engineering, because you get rewarded for getting to market quickly and selling maintenance contracts, not for making quality software, free of defects and security vulnerabilities.

  • by timetoswitch on 1/19/2016, 2:45:55 PM

    I wish they would just host the video on YouTube so it would stream quickly. I'm getting pause after pause here.