IBM turned 100

[the_tyrant]

Google, Apple and Facebook get all the attention. But the forgettable everyday tasks of technology ***8212; saving a file on your laptop, swiping your ATM card to get $40, scanning a container of milk at the checkout line ***8212; that's all IBM.

International Business Machines turns 100 on Thursday without much fanfare. But its much younger competitors owe a lot to Big Blue.

After all, where would Groupon be without the supermarket bar code? Or Google without the mainframe computer?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/06/16/technology-ibm-centennial-100.html


i wonder what Apple Google and Microsoft will be after 100 years

[Platapus]

Almost interesting story concerning my father and IBM

When my father was a young man (which was about a hundred years ago) he had some pretty strict thoughts about dress codes. Most of it came from his English upbringing.

When he was hired on at IBM, they still used punch cards. Anyone working in the area where the punch card readers were, was required to wear a clip on tie.

My father quit after the second day. :har:

Way to go dad!