This document discusses the history of computing and the internet in 5 sections referred to as "Big Bangs". It summarizes the development of computing technologies from the abacus to modern computers and networks. It then outlines the major developments that led to the commercialization of the internet in the late 1990s. Finally, it briefly discusses more recent trends like social networking and the evolution of e-commerce law.

1. 5 Big Bang Theory of the Internet
Peter S. Vogel, Adjunct
Copyright, Peter S. Vogel, 2000-2008.

2. History of Computing
Abacus
Blaise Pascal
(1623 - 1662)
Charles Babbage
(1791-1871)

3. History of Computing
1801 Jacquard’s Loom
Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752-1834)
Programmed Card Loom Woven Fabrics

4. 1st Big Bang >>>1890 Census
Dr. Herman Hollerith (1860-1929)

5. Punch Card Machine

6. EAM Card Programmer Calculator

7. EAM Plug Board

8. 2nd Big Bang >> World War II
Invention of Computers
EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer)

10. Computer Hardware
Central Processing Unit
CPU
Auxiliary Storage I/O {Input/Output}
Disk CRT - Video
Tape Printer
Punch Card CPU
Modem
Network

11. Operating Systems
*Windows 7
*Apple X
*Unix/Linux
*z/VM

12. Software Applications
*Office
*Quicken
*Oracle Database

13. 4 Generations of Computers

14. Mainframes

15. Minicomputers

16. Microprocessor

17. Today’s
Computers
Servers
Personal Computers
PDAs

18. Altair

19. Sinclair

20. Tandy Radio Shack
TRS-80

21. Texas Instruments
TI 99/4A

22. Apple III

23. 3rd Big Bang>> 1981 IBM’s
Personal Computer

24. Before IBM PC
Two Major Operating Systems
1. Apple Computer
2. CP/M Operating System owned by Digital
Research

25. Microsoft v. Digital Research

26. IBM Plan for the PC
Intel microprocessors
Control 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, etc
Microsoft OS ran on Clones in
competition with IBM using a
version then call MS-DOS

27. Xerox Star

28. Apple Lisa

29. Windows 2.1

30. Windows 3.1

31. 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

32. Computer
Networks
File Server(s) with Personal Computers attached
Local Area Networks – LAN
Wide Area Networks - WAN

33. 4th Big Bang>>> 1995
Microsoft’s Browser

34. Internet Use in 1995
Client in Amsterdam
Former Distributor
in SF at Trade Show
Injunctive Relief?

35. 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

36. July 4, 1997
Mars -Pathfinder

37. Internet System Consortium

44. Cooperative Association for Internet
Data Analysis

45. Internet Traffic Report

46. Doing Business with Computers
Orders by paper or telephone
Keypunch
Computer generated reports

47. EDI
(Electronic Data Interchange)
Specialized software
Compatible Systems
Relatively costly

48. 5th Big Bang>>> 2002 WEB 2.0

52. President Obama – May 2009

54. Law of e-Commerce
Uniform Commercial Code
E-Sign/UETA
Intellectual Property
Jurisdiction & Venue
B2C & B2B
Antitrust
Search Engines
Publishing, Wikis, Blogs
Crime and Security
Spam and Spyware
Privacy
Social Networking