8 Apr
2004
8 Apr
'04
5:51 a.m.
On Thu, 8 Apr 2004, Gene Ehrich wrote:
At 10:00 AM 4/8/2004, you wrote:
One of the more interesting tidbits I learned last night was that IBM
didn't get any orders for the S/360 until almost 3 months after the
announcement. They were getting nervous that they'd just sunk $5B into a
big dark hole.
Then the orders started pouring in at a volume twice than what they had
anticipated. They couldn't keep up with production for the first year or
so.
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if he claims that marketing doesn't matter
I remember a saying that was used at IBM years ago
"Nothing happens until somebody sells something"