15 Jun
2011
15 Jun
'11
6:22 a.m.
IBM and the Holocaust is a very good read if you're interested in finding
out about some "other" sides of IBM history. But I'd also recommend you
read
The Maverick and His Machine by Kevin Maney - it's the story of Thomas
Watson - once you get some insight into the man it's easier to understand
Watson's business style and how he "thinked" and the drivers behind
IBM's
relatioship with Hollerith and Germany.
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Kevin Parker
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Subject: Re: Nazi System 360/370 book...
On Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:06:58 -0700
"Zane H. Healy" <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
So my wife wanted to show me a book tonight. Turned
out it was one
of mine, she'd noticed something interesting.
System 360/370
Job Control Language
and the
Access Methods
by Reino Hannula
What's up with the Swastika on the spine of the book? It's made up
of little triangles, but it's definitely a swastika. Very strange.
Zane
I don't the history of the symbol itself but I have read in a few places it
was a sign of good luck (apparently not for everybody, though) before it
was used by the Nazis.
IBM started out as a German company. There was a book put out after
research done by Edwin Black showing IBM was part of the Nazi war
apparatus, since they needed information processing capabilities to
identify "enemies of the state" and round them up for execution.
Here are a couple of links:
http://www.ibmandtheholocaust.com/
http://edwinblack.com/
I have not seen Black's book itself or looked into the issue much. I did
see a few reviews on the book and they were very favorable.
It will be interesting to see what you find out about your particular book.
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