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The Network is the Computer
Information technology slogan
"The Network is the Computer" is a slogan that was originally coined by John Gage for Sun Microsystems in 1984.[1][2][3][4][5] Contrary to popular belief, the slogan was not coined by Scott McNealy.[6] Wired dubbed the phrase a "truism of Silicon Valley".[7]
Sun employee Larry Wake said of the slogan, "When Sun originated that tag line in the early 1980s, it was actually quite audacious. It was a stake in the ground [stating] ‘Computers should be networked, or they're… not computers. Well, at least, you're missing their potential by a country mile.'"[1]