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The Computer Journal 1959 2(3):97-99; doi:10.1093/comjnl/2.3.97
© 1959 by British Computer Society
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The State of the Art—(a) Commercial Computers in Britain, June 1959

J. A. Goldsmith

Robson Morrow and Co., London, UK

The past year in the commercial computer field has been one of consolidation. It has been a time of getting down to the job. Gone are the days of "the expert," willing to talk to all and sundry about experiences which he has never had and there is now evidence that a great deal of useful work has been done. Firms in this country who have installed computers are now obtaining valuable information from their machines. It is necessary to emphasize this, because the business computer last year seemed to be very much in the doldrums. There were disquieting reports of unexpected difficulties from the United States and, at the same time, many of the people charge with getting a computer to work realized for the first time the size of the task confronting them, and this before achieving anything.


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