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ICL and the evolution of the British mainframe

Author(s) -

Martin CampbellKelly

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

the computer journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.319

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1460-2067

pISSN - 0010-4620

DOI - 10.1093/comjnl/38.5.400

Subject(s) - dominance (genetics) , politics , government (linguistics) , computer science , operations research , economic history , business , political science , economics , engineering , law , biochemistry , chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , gene

ICL was created in 1968 as Britain's national flagship computer manufacturer through a government-inspired merger in response to the increasing dominance the UK computer market by American computer suppliers. This paper describes the R&D issues facing ICL and its predecessor companies in developing their mainframe ranges over a period of half a century. The technological issues are set in their the economic and political contexts.

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