សាកលវិទ្យាល័យ ប៊ែលធី អន្តរជាតិ

World Wide E-Library

Book Cover

Read PDF

( 81 )
Article By JSTOR

Also Innovators, How one computer salesman contributed to the digital revolution

Author

Yardley; Christopher B.

Year

2019

Publisher

ANU Press

Type

BOOK

Category

Computer industry

Language

English

Pages

284

ISBN

978-1-76046-298-7

Link

Last Update

10-Jan-2026

Keywords

History

Description

'Thank you for your order, Mr Mainframe Customer. The cost is £5 million and the lead-time for manufacture will be two years. In the meantime you will have to build a special computer centre to our specification. For our part, our project team will help you recruit and train potential programmers and we shall advise on how you might use the system.' How different from today when the customer will want to see a specific application running before he puts a hand in his/her pocket. Chris Yardley lived the changes as a computer salesman and tells his story of a career living and working in five countries. Warts and all. The ecstasies, the heartbreaks and idiocies of major corporations. His career was not a planned one. In a growing industry, opportunities presented themselves and Chris believes he grasped every one presented. Having written his story, he has had every chapter verified by at least one person who features in that narrative. His respondents have universally endorsed the facts with comments such as 'Wow, I'd forgotten most of that'. 'You have a fantastic memory.' 'I never knew before the full facts of what happened.' 'How have you remembered all the circumstances?' 'It really is a people business.' This is the only book that has followed a computer sales career over almost 50 years.

Related

See More
Image Description

After the War, Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush, Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush
Image Description

The Greater Chaco Landscape
Image Description

The Hypocritical Hegemon
Image Description

The Cultural Life of James Bond

The Cultural Life of James Bond
Image Description

DOOM

DOOM
Image Description

Bauhaus und Erwachsenenbildung, Progressive Architektur im Verh�ltnis zu Reformp�dagogik und Arbeiter:innen-Bewegung