The Information Technology Revolution

by Tom Forester

Book Overview

"If the automobile and airplane business had developed like the computer business, a Rolls Royce would cost $2.75 and would run for 3 million miles on one gallon of gas. And a Boeing 767 would cost just $500 and would circle the globe in 20 minutes on five gallons of gas." Tom Forester's comparison points up the dramatic reduction in the cost of computing and this collection of essays he has assembled unfolds the equally dramatic changes that the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026256033X
• ISBN13: 9780262560337
• Release Date: April 1985
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 674 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher