Switzerland is small, but each of its 26 cantons has its own school law. Thus, for public general education, the national government had no authority to adopt measures in computer education that would reach all schools. Accordingly, the history of computer education in Switzerland is characterized by a constant struggle with the country’s decentralized political structure. However, different actors pushed for greater standardization and formed as interest groups that wanted to bring more computers into schools and advance computer education. Technology companies also tried to achieve a dominant position in the national market if possible. Only gradually did it become clear to the political stakeholders that the large corporations also posed new threats. With the dawn of more convenient office software and the World Wide Web, national political approaches emerged not to be dominated by technology companies, but to define for themselves the conditions under which computers should enter the classroom.