Who Invented the Computer?: The Legal Battle That Changed Computing History

Who Invented the Computer? In 1973, Federal District Judge Earl R. Larson issued a ruling in a patent case that was to have profound and long-lasting implications for the dawning computer revolution. Against all expectations, the judge ruled against Sperry Rand Corp., which claimed to hold the patent on the first computer dubbed the oENIACo and was demanding huge royalties on all electronic data processing sales by Honeywel... Full description