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by Dewie 4685 days ago
Maybe popular history will remember him as the Thomas Edison of computers.
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I'd be okay with this. So, who is the Nikola Tesla of computers?
Douglas Engelbart? He made a great many of the underlying ideas we use for using computers. Ironically he only seems to get remembered for the mouse.

The mother of all demos: http://youtu.be/JfIgzSoTMOs

Is well worth watching for a historical perspective if you haven't seen it already.

J.C.R. Licklider is an interesting character in computer development history, particularly for his involvement in the development of timesharing, networks, and personal computing.
Alan Turing? Von Neumann?

The minds from the beginning of the century XX were the best.. even about computing.. invent things from virtually nothing is pretty hard

Alan Kay