近来,美国各主要商业与经济刊物纷纷发表文章,庆祝个人计算机问世10周年。《纽约时报》一位专栏作家惊叹,20世纪再没有其它发明能享受如此规模的10年大庆。的确,20世纪没有任何一项发明,像个人计算机那样,能在短短10年内对人类文明产生如此巨大的影响。个人计算机的出现常常和信息社会的到来联系在一起。如同1776年第一台蒸汽机问世,标 Recently, the major U.S. commercial and economic publications have published articles celebrating the 10th anniversary of the advent of personal computers. A columnist in The New York Times is amazed that in the 20th century no other invention would enjoy the 10-year anniversary of such magnitude. Indeed, none of the inventions of the 20th century, like a personal computer, could have such a huge impact on human civilization in just 10 years. The advent of personal computers is often associated with the arrival of the information society. As the first steam engine came out in 1776, the standard