Nixdorf

This snapshot deals with Nixdorf, the hardware and software developer once hailed as the foundation of a German computing industry.

It covers -

• introduction
• the enterprise
• key figures
• studies

     introduction

[under development]

     the enterprise

Nixdorf was founded in Germany by Heinz Nixdorf during 1952. It was absorbed by Siemens (the German counterpart - along with AEG - of General Electric) in 1990 but hived off in 1999 in conjunction with Siemens move out of mainframes (sold to Fujitsu) and midrange hardware/software.

For a perspective see The International Computer Software Industry: A Comparative Study of Industry Evolution & Structure (Oxford: Oxford Uni Press 1995) edited by David Mowery.






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