burning straw to inflate their balloon, they were creating a light gas. Actually, all they got was hot air. But it was good enough. Anybody could have launched a hot-air balloon years before. It took a revolution in chemistry to give somebody the courage to try.
"Reinventing the Computer" TomAnother Computer Alexander, in Fortune (Mar. 5, 1984), 541 'Revolution'? North Fairbanks Ct., Chicago, 111.6061 1.
The computer industry seems to go through more revolutions than a long-playing record....