Happy Birthday - IBM.

xj4094dg
xj4094dg Posts: 1,158
edited June 2011 in The Clubhouse
100 years old today. An American original and still going strong (no need for any BS from all you Apple-ettes). This company changed all of our lives without a doubt.

The original think pad was analog!
"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." Neil deGrasse Tyson.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited June 2011
    They changed the way we do business that is for sure.
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  • inspiredsports
    inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
    edited June 2011
    Not a lot of 100 year-old companies left anymore. Good job IBM!
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited June 2011
    I know they had to do it for business purposes but selling off their PC and Laptop business to the Chinese Lenovo unnerved me a bit.

    There were Lenovo machines in almost all of my Science classrooms in Beijing last year! Since my first Laptop was a very nice Thinkpad, I had difficulty seeing all that.

    But then again they have pretty much redefined their business offerings to serve networks and large concerns!

    They're also losing the battle for the largest fastest computer--which, if I'm not mistaken, is NOW located in China? How much are we 'willing' to cede before we wake up?

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