History of computing in Poland

Poles made a significant contribution to both the theory and technique of world computing.

The first engineering employee of GAM was Leon Łukaszewicz [pl], and shortly after he was joined by his fellow students, Romuald Marczyński and Krystyn Bochenek.

The hardware was developed by Polish teams to run the software for the above machines provided by the British company ICL.

It was faster and cheaper than most of the world's production at this time[citation needed], and more advanced than IBM PC released decade later[citation needed], but the mass production was never started because of political reasons and dependence on western parts; it was not compatible with the ES EVM standard.

As part of its statutory activities, the Polish Informatics Society speaks on behalf of the surrounding community in the most important issues related to computerization, is consulted in legislative processes, and conducts certification and appraisal activities.

They also organize a series of conferences, meetings and thematic workshops aimed at improving competences and integrating IT specialists.