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Someone once said how many computers needed for the whole of a country. Who was it and how many did they say?
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http://books.Google.com/books?id=Ld7TgLeQXs4C&pg=RA1-PA283&lpg=RA1-PA283&dq=%22how+many+computers+are+needed%22+historical&source=web&ots=NGt_AmLzOh&sig=X6PQwAE1CPorcMdurYCHJlEWuHg&hl=en look at this link for a page from a book that talks abut that. the number is 6. and Howard Aiken is the person most quoted.
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