AbstractA survey of 140 computer using organizations in Thailand was conducted in 1985. Organizations surveyed were classified into the following sectors: Manufacturing; Banking/Finance; Health; Trading/ Distribution; Education/Research; Government/ State; Hotel/Airline/Tourism; International; and Others.Data related to firm size, length of usage, rationale for acquiring computers, computer selection criteria, budget allocation within data processing, functional areas in computer usage, problems encountered and their contributing factors associated with computer usage, salaries, and personnel were collected and are analyzed in this article.