IBM 360 turns 40 today

From: Gene Ehrich <gehrich_at_tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Wed Apr 7 16:47:03 2004

At 03:21 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
>That reminds me of a interesting quote from Thomas Watson:

It all turned around with TJ junior who is the one that made IBM fly in the
computer world


> Last week Control Data ... announced the 6600 system. I understand
> that in the laboratory developing the system there are only 34
> people including the janitor. Of these, 14 are engineers and 4 are
> programmers ... Contrasting this modest effort with our vast
> development activities, I fail to understand why we have lost our
> industry leadership position by letting someone else offer the
> world's most powerful computer.


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Gene Ehrich
gehrich_at_tampabay.rr.com
Received on Wed Apr 07 2004 - 16:47:03 BST