List and describe the dominant technology in each of the three eras of the Nolan and Gibson information technology learning curve. What is technological discontinuity?
What will be an ideal response?
The DP (Data Processing) Era's dominant design was the mainframe, the Micro Era's design was the PC, and the Network Era's is the Internet. The eras overlap each other slightly at points of "technological discontinuity," which occur when proponents of the proven old dominant design struggle with the proponents of alternative new and unproven designs.
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