21 Feb
2003
21 Feb
'03
9:01 a.m.
Jim Battle wrote:
I've had the discussion with workmates about the
following scenario. If
the German forces had access to a single 5150 IBM PC back in 1940,
would the war have ended very differently? I think it would have.
How? Do you have any particular scenario in mind? It seems pretty
unlikely to me. I suppose it might depend a little bit on what software
they get with the computer. But even postulating some really amazing
software (off-the-shelf commercial software, not specialized weapon-
design software), it's hard for me to imagine how one PC would have
offered them any huge advantage over the allies.