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Looks like von Neumann was the first Open Source computing guy. And I had no clue that Goldstine was the designer of the IBM 701 and the public domain IAS was i
by vajrabum 3y ago
Looks like von Neumann was the first Open Source computing guy. And I had no clue that Goldstine was the designer of the IBM 701 and the public domain IAS was it's engineering ancestor. So an early example of monetizing open source too!
"The IAS Machine was highly influential, though, and plans for its design were distributed widely, partly due to von Neumann’s insistence that advances be kept in the public domain. Many computers were built using the IAS Machine as a starting point, including the first IBM Mainframe, the IBM 701."
- waveboy 3y agovon Neumann was no open source advocate. He was actively trying to patent (some of) the ideas in the "First Draft" when the Army got wind of it. In a meeting early in 1947, von Neumann, Eckert, and Mauchly ALL got told that it was too late, because the "Draft" was considered public.