The cited article is a surprisingly through and generally correct presentation of the formal history of logic, computation and computing theory. This article, is how academics and historians look at "computing", and doesn't really have much new from my glance. It's a good tutorial, I think. I'm not sure why The Atlantic published it in the recent issue, what event or circumstance prompted it - I read very quickly to scope out the article. The author apparently is an "angel investor" and former/current? computing financial whiz. Of course, the title argument is merely a draw to read the article, "success has many parents". Herb -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT info