Prix Turing 2009

http://www.acm.org/press-room/news-releases/2010/turing-award-09

"NEW YORK, March 9, 2010 – ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery today named Charles P. Thacker the winner of the 2009 ACM A.M. Turing Award http://awards.acm.org/2010/turing-award.cfm for his pioneering design and realization of the Alto, the first modern personal computer, and the prototype for networked personal computers. "
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"Thacker created and collaborated on what would become the fundamental building blocks of the PC business. The Alto computer, developed in 1974, incorporated bitmap (TV-like) displays which enable modern graphical user interfaces (GUIs), including What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) editors. These components have dominated computing during the last two decades. Thacker was the co-inventor of the Ethernet local area network, introduced in 1973, the “interconnection fabric” that allows multiple digital devices such as workstations, printers, scanners, file servers, and modems to communicate with each other. Today’s Ethernets, which are thousands of times faster than the original version, have become the dominant local area networking technology. "

Si on consulte wikipedia, l'Alto n'est pas indiqué !
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinateur_personnel

Rappelons que :
"La question de savoir qui a créé le premier micro-ordinateur est source de controverse.[...]
"Si l'on considère la première machine vendue toute assemblée prête à l'emploi, il s'agit du Micral de l'entreprise française R2E en 1972."

Sur l'Alto :
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alto_%28ordinateur%29