List of some of my posts about Computer Technology (Tech) History

Last updated on 2 Nov. 2023

This post is based on a message I sent to a fellow Indian software techie who is younger than me perhaps by around two decades.

Listed below are some of my blog posts related to tech. history where I felt I should write about it as I had some exposure to these companies/technologies in my industry career. In other words, I felt I should contribute my small bit to tech. history info. via just some blog posts (which are surely not in the class of serious academic history accounts or media history articles).

Wang computers were a major technology for me in the initial years of my industry career which laid my foundation as a software techie. So I had felt an urge to capture Wang computers history in some looong blog posts. Naturally this history also covered history of the (main) founder of the company. The related posts are given below:

Chinese-American computer pioneer An Wang (1920-1990) and Wang Laboratories founded by him: some aspects of their history of interest to me - Part 1, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/04/chinese-american-computer-pioneer-wang.html

Chinese-American computer pioneer An Wang (1920-1990) and Wang Laboratories founded by him: some aspects of their history of interest to me - Part 2, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/04/chinese-american-computer-pioneer-wang_19.html

Chinese-American computer pioneer An Wang (1920-1990) and Wang Laboratories founded by him: some aspects of their history of interest to me - Part 3 (final part), https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/10/chinese-american-computer-pioneer-wang.html

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I also felt I should write about my own association with Wang computers:

My Wang VS computers software development work including over 30 months of assignments at Wang US & Europe centres in 1980s, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/03/my-wang-vs-computers-software.html (main part is extracts from my part autobio book).

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Some more tech. history posts:

Some info. about World Wide Web and web browser early history; My exposure to private Videotex that worked over telephone lines before web, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/03/some-info-about-world-wide-web-and-web.html

Wonderful work by itihaasa.com to capture some aspects of Indian I.T. history from I.T. leaders' viewpoints; My views on some videos & articles, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2021/01/wonderful-service-done-by-itihaasacom.html

F.C. Kohli, L.S. Kanodia & N. Patni are pioneers of Indian software services export industry, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2017/05/an-enjoyable-short-article-by-shashi.html

Some thoughts about COBOL projects' major role in software development exports of India in 1970s & 1980s, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2020/12/some-thoughts-about-cobol-projects.html

Baan Company possibly first major international software products company to do software product development in India through outsourcing (1987) and then through own company in India (1989), https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2020/12/baan-company-possibly-first-major.html

Very brief history of initial years of Baan Company outsourcing software product development work to India from 1987, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2020/12/very-brief-history-of-initial-years-of.html

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Additional link(s) added later:

[Captures how computer tech. contributed greatly to India's exports and signifacantly to its GDP in period from 1990-91 to 2015-16:] Dr. Manmohan Singh on the days, 25 years ago, when India was pulled back from economic disaster and put on path to economic recovery,  https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2016/07/dr-manmohan-singh-on-days-25-years-ago.html  and Photo and message about Dr. Manmohan Singh presenting famous 1991 liberalization budget, https://ravisiyermisc.blogspot.com/2015/07/photo-and-message-about-dr-manmohan.html (associated Facebook link having actual photo and message: https://www.facebook.com/logical.indian/photos/a.430765593719832.1073741828.426895610773497/758589374270784/ )