Maurice Wilkes Quote

Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed that universities had played their part in computer design, and that the matter could now safely be left to industry. [...] Apart from the obvious functions of keeping in the public domain material that might otherwise be hidden, universities can make a special contribution by reason of their freedom from commercial considerations, including freedom from the need to follow the fashion.

Sect. 1: Pioneering Days - "Computers Then and Now" (1968)

Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed that...

Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed that...

Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed that...

Much of the early engineering development of digital computers was done in universities. A few years ago, the view was commonly expressed that...