1 Apr
2009
1 Apr
'09
4:50 p.m.
On Wednesday 01 April 2009 02:20:30 pm Paul Koning wrote:
Didn't they buy Zenith Data Systems though?
>>>> "Sridhar" == Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com>
writes:
>
> IBM not an old name?
Sridhar> That's what I was thinking... IBM is about the oldest name
Sridhar> left in the computer industry. There's Unisys still around,
Sridhar> barely. Groupe Bull. Who else?
I suppose Bull made computers, sort of. There's Philips, though I believe they quit the
business some time ago.
What about Siemens? That's older than IBM. I used one of theirs,
years ago...
I didn't know they made computers.
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