The Death of
Computing Debate Neil McBride
Welcome to my death of computing debate page.
The main debate occurred in the Times Higher Education Supplement:
Erase old programme and launch new version. Neil McBride THES Feb 9th 2007 p 14
Letters by James Davenport, Robert Manderson, Mahesan Niranjan and Andy Hopper appeared in THES Feb 16th 2007 p15.
Yorick Wilkes et al replied in THES Feb 23rd 2007, p14, together with a letter by Mike Holcombe on p15
Two letters appeared in subsequent weeks.
A related article appeared on the British Computer Society Webpage: http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.9662
Various debates occurred on SlashDot and other Internet locations.
Thanks to all of you who emailed me.
This page provides access to
An article written for the UKAIS Annual Conference in
McBride, N. (2007) The Death of Computing
An unpublished reply to Y.Wilkes et al:
McBride,N. (2007) Dear Professors. Unpublished. [PDF]