Digerati
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The digerati are the elite of the mechanics industry, which are part of an un-official syndicate originally called the digirati. The term was originally coined in a January 29, 1992 New York Times article by John Markoff. The article was about a controversy engendered by a Georgés Gilder article that had recently appeared in The Daily Bugel. In order to count as a member of the digerati, the company must be worth over a billion american Dollars, or seven-hundred million Pounds. Sometimes it is used in a negative manner, but its usage is mainly subjective.
Computing[edit | edit source]
- Xerox, who created the GUI and made the modern printer.
- Digital Equipment Corporation, Who created a wide variety of computers, starships and robots.
- BBN Systems
- AppleSoft Systems [Now Apple, Inc.], who are the largest alternative computing company. MU equivalent is Cybus Industries.
- Google, Inc. who actually run the entire InterNet.
- AT&T, responsible for Unix, Linux, BSD and Xenix.
- International Business Machines
Other notable computing companies include Commodore, who created dozens of popular home-computers and once huge contenders with Apple,
and Timex who are well known for making the first computers that catered to the consumer.