17 Mar
1998
17 Mar
'98
6:08 a.m.
In article <Pine.GSO.3.96.980316174734.26350I-
100000(a)titan.purch.ans.net>gt;, William Donzelli <william(a)ans.net> writes
I think also that many people really think that the old
IBMs are junk.
They really are not. I just purchased (finally found, really) a copy of
*IBM's System/360 and Early 370 Computers*, and a casual quick read
revealed that the S/360 really were very advanced machines, many of
inovations are commonplace today.
This is a good point. Ever since I had my little
360/30 I've had a soft
spot for IBM for this very reason. Many of the features we take for
granted were introduced with the S/360, or at least came together into a
single product line. I know that IBM were/are regarded as something of
a dinosaur, but they have always been very innovative without ignoring
commercial realities.
Maybe that's why they're still around. No company does anyone any
favours by developing the best computer in the world and then going bust
(except maybe those here benefit :-)
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