All of these items are well-organized in the online exhibit, making them easily viewed and studied (Computer History Museum). Of the many aspects of this specific exhibit are the graphical representations of Moore's Law, which is shown below:
What Was Learned
The depth of research and continual investments in ARPA-Net, TCP/IP and the many protocols that support the Internet today illustrate how powerful the combination of federal and private investments are in driving innovation. In addition the role of minicomputer development, which first legitimized software for the mass market, was an inflexion point in the development of many related industries (Computer History Museum). Moore's Law and the many innovations are graphically illustrated, along with first-hand accounts of the engineering teams who produced the first memory chipsets and microprocessors (Computer History Museum). Their insights into how they envisioned their inventions helping mankind are prescient in their accuracy, as Dr. Gordon Moore...
These developments are what drove the continual evolution of operating systems to be more focused on the customer and less designed to just fulfill the goals and objectives of an engineer. The exhibits of Apple specifically show how the initial bursts of innovation the company had came from their unique approach to bootstrapping systems together out of economic necessity; they simply did not have the funds to pay for lots of inventory of parts. Apple's humble beginnings speak to the power of knowledge harnessed for innovation.
References
Computer History Museum . Computer History Museum Mountain View, CA, 1 2012. Web. 5 Dec 2012. .
