Bill Pechter wrote:
Hey - I was asked a question about all those old
companies and I mentioned
Snow White (no not the virus - IBM) and the Seven Dwarfs. I remembered six
and want to check if these were the correct seven?
Burroughs
Control Data
DEC
Honeywell
NCR
Univac
Wang
BUNCH -- Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data, Honeywell(a.k.a. GE).
BUNCH came after the seven dwarfs.
"Ranked according to each one's share of the dollar values of computer
systems installed worldwide in 1967, the dwarfs were Sperry Rand,
Control Data Corporation, Honeywell, RCA, NCR, General Electric and
Burroughs"
From : The Computer Establishment by Katherine Davis
Fishman, ISBN
0-06-011283-2
Sperry, of course was Univac, DEC had a small installed base (in dollar
value) at that time.
As mentioned, Honeywell bought the GE computer operations in 1970, and
in 1971 RCA's were acquired by Sperry leaving the BUNCH.
-- HBP