Short History of Internet & e-Commerce Peter S. Vogel, Adjunct Copyright, Peter S. Vogel, 2000-2008.
Short History of Internet & e-Commerce Peter S. Vogel, Adjunct Copyright, Peter S. Vogel, 2000-2008.
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Short History of Internet & e-Commerce
Peter S. Vogel, AdjunctCopyright, Peter S. Vogel, 2000-2008.
History of Computing
Abacus
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
History of Computing
1801 Jacquard’s Loom
Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834)
Programmed Card Woven Fabrics Loom
1st Big Bang >>>1890 Census
Dr. Herman Hollerith (1860-1929)
Punch Card Machine
EAM Card Programmer Calculator
Card Plug Board
2nd Big Bang >> World War II
Invention of Computers
Computer Hardware
Punch Card
Tape
Disk
Auxiliary Storage
Network
Modem
CPU
Printer
CRT - Video
I / O {Input/ Output}
C entral Processing UnitC PU
Operating Systems
*Windows
*Apple X
*Unix/Linux
*z/VM
Software Applications
*Office
*Quicken
*Oracle Database
Mainframes
Minicomputers
Microprocessor
Today’s Computers
Servers
Personal Computers
Handhelds
Altair
Sinclair
TRS-80
TI 99/4A
Apple III
3rd Big Bang>> 1981 IBM’s
Personal Computer
Before IBM PCTwo Major Operating Systems
1. Apple Computer
2. CP/M Operating System owned by Digital Research
Microsoft v. CPM
IBM Plan for the PC
Intel microprocessorsControl PC market by limiting OS to only IBM
built machines using PC-DOS (Disk Operating System)
IBM lost control of the Basis Input/Output System (BIOS)
Clone market developed – Compaq, HP, etcMicrosoft OS ran on Clones in competition with
IBM using a version then call MS-DOS
Xerox Star
Apple Lisa
Windows 2.1
Windows 3.1
Evolution of Windows
Xerox Research Labs created GUI (Graphic User Interface) with mouse sold “Star”
Xerox licensed Apple the GUI
Apple licensed Microsoft GUI for Windows 2.1
Apple sued Microsoft for Windows 3.1 for copyright infringement
9th Circuit held that GUI cannot be copyrighted
Computer Networks
File Server(s) with Personal Computers attached
Local Area Networks – LAN
Wide Area Networks - WAN
4th Big Bang>>> 1990s Browser
Internet Use in 1995
Client in Amsterdam
Former Distributor in SF at Trade Show
Injunctive Relief?
ARPANET (DARPA)(Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork,
later Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)
1957 - Sputnik
1962 - $3m grant for time-sharing
Local Area Networks (LAN)
Personal Computer (PC)
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Browsers - Netscape v. Explorer
July 4, 1997 Mars -Pathfinder
Doing Business with Computers
Orders by paper or telephone
Keypunch
Computer generated reports
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
Specialized software
Compatible Systems
Relatively costly
Law of e-CommerceUniform Commercial CodeE-Sign/UETAIntellectual PropertyJurisdiction & VenueRetail – B2CAntitrust- B2BPublishing, Wikis, BlogsCrime and SecuritySpam, Phishing, Spyware, and
VOIPPrivacy
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