David Caminer, Business Computing Pioneer, Dies

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Submitted by Brooklyn Bob on Sunday June 29 2008, @02:19PM

Brooklyn Bob writes "Fascinating obituary of David Caminer, the first systems analyst. The tea company he worked for developed their own hardware and software — in 1951! New Scientist: "In today's terms it would be like hearing that Pizza Hut had developed a new generation of microprocessor, or McDonald's had invented the Internet.""

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