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PEOPLE NEW TO THE IS FIELD CANT GRASP UNCERTAINTY OF THOSE DAYS
UCI -- EXTENSIVE EMPIRICAL STUDIES YET DONE
COULD NOT GET MAINSTREAM JOURNALS TO PUBLISH OUR PAPERS
COMPUTERS -- TECHNOLOGY GENERALLY -- NOT IMPORTANT
LONG A FAILING OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
EXCEPT ECON HISTORY
SOME OF ANTHROPOLOGY
REMEMBER: IN 1980 WE HAD:
MAINFRAMES AND MINIS AND 300 BAUD MODEMS (AND THE ALTAIR AND APPLE 1)
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING
ONE COMPUTER COMPANY AND ONE COMMUNICATION COMPANY WHAT HAPPENED?
