> Hey - I was asked a question about all those old companies and I mentioned
> Snow White (no not the virus - IBM) and the Seven Dwarfs. I remembered six
> and want to check if these were the correct seven?
> Burroughs
> Control Data
> DEC
> Honeywell
> NCR
> Univac
> Wang
BUNCH -- Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, Honeywell(a.k.a. GE).
RCA and DEC may have rounded out the pack.
RCA unloaded it's Spectra line and Univac picked it up. DEC moved into
Marlboro in to some areas that IIRC were RCA spots.
RCA dumped computers at the time one of execs was in divorce procedings.
A hurried income report showed no profit in the computer line (when they
ACTUALLY made ground and PROFIT against IBM) (around 1970/71) and they
dumped their mainframe computing push.
Bill
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