IBM 360 turns 40 today

From: Gene Ehrich <gehrich_at_tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Wed Apr 7 16:48:19 2004

At 03:51 PM 4/7/2004, you wrote:
> > That's a big "SO WHAT" if I ever heard one!!
>
>Yes, the S/360 was insignificant.

It was extremely significant in it's day and quite successful also.
Customers used to buy and sell delivery dates for a lot of money just to
get an earlier delivery.



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Gene Ehrich
gehrich_at_tampabay.rr.com
Received on Wed Apr 07 2004 - 16:48:19 BST

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