IBM Engineers

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Thu Apr 8 09:00:17 2004

>>>>> "William" == William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org> writes:

>> That certainly explains the difference between the CDC 6600 and
>> the IBM 360.

 William> It also explains why the Cyber line is dead (as is all of
 William> CDC, basically), and IBM keeps rolling out "new" S/360s.

As a former DEC guy, I certainly know the power of marketing, and the
damage a CEO can do to a company if he claims that marketing doesn't
matter. But I wouldn't confuse marketing excellence with engineering
excellence. CDC and IBM had one each -- opposite ones.

             paul
Received on Thu Apr 08 2004 - 09:00:17 BST