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Ferry, Georgina (2003)<\/strong> \u2018A Computer Called LEO\u2019<\/strong>, Fourth Estate, London.
\u2018LEO and its creators deserve their place in history not because of what it was, but because of what it did. For LEO was the first computer in the world to be harnessed to the task of running a business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                              A paperback edition was published in 2005, by Harper Perennial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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