In the late 1970s, minicomputer technology gave way to personal computers and relatively low-cost computers were becoming mass market commodities, allowing businesses to provide their employees access to computing power that ten years before would have cost tens of thousands of dollars.
Kasnih 1970-ih, tehnologija miniračunara je zamenjena personalnim računarima i računari relativno niskih cena su postali roba masovnog tržišta, time omogućivši preduzećima da svojim zaposlenima obezbede pristup računarskim sistemima koji bi deset godina ranije koštali desetine hiljada dolara.