by Pierre-Yves Hurel
Context : This paper is part of a dossier about “Computer” exhibition.
- In the first part (link), I detailed my methodological choices, presented the corpus of newpsaper sources and a chronology of the “Computer” exhibition.
- In the second part (link), I have shown to what extent show was integrated into a context of regional rivalry
- In this third part, I will list the companies attending “Computer” and introduce the clientele.
- More articles will be published over the coming weeks
At Lausanne’s “Computer” trade show, international “giants” peacefully coexist with local actors. There were the as well large local companies (private or public) who come to showcase their projects linked to the computerisation of French-speaking Switzerland as also young developers who presented their own software. It is likely that the “Computer” exhibition (like other fairs) played an especially important networking role for the actors involved in the exhibition – a function explained in this article in “Le Temps” from 2001. Continue reading The “Computer” exhibition of Lausanne. Part 3: American giants and local users