[Travis T. OJustice]

Which evolved from the iron age, really, if you want to push things a little harder.

Bell (the company) wasn’t part of the space program when the transistor was invented, and Jack kilby wasn’t working on anything for the space program at TI when he invented the integrated circuit board. Gates’ Microsoft corporation wasn’t involved inthe space race, either.

[darkwing104]

If you wish we can go back to the abacus. I can go on all day about Babbage, Pascal, Liebnitz, The transistor and microcircuits, the Dips. etc....