[IP] Diebold, Computer Pioneer, Dies
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From: GLIGOR1@xxxxxxx
Date: December 27, 2005 8:20:05 PM EST
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: For IP, if you wish
Source: Wall Street Journal, 27 Dec 05
Diebold, Computer Pioneer, Dies
John Diebold, one of the earliest of early adopters, died at his home
after suffering from esophageal cancer, his nephew said. He was 79
years old. Mr. Diebold, an advocate of computers during the age of
Eisenhower, layed out his vision of a computerized future in the 1952
book "Automation." The book, considered part of the modern management
canon, presented the idea of using programmable devices in business.
In 1963, Mr. Diebold presented newspaper executives with a plan to
use keyboards for inputting stories that could be edited on computer
consoles -- a system that did not became standard until the 1980s.
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