13 Feb
2007
13 Feb
'07
7:20 a.m.
Has anyone here read this book by Edwin Black?
http://www.amazon.com/IBM-Holocaust-Edwin-Black/dp/0751531995/sr=8-1/qid=11…
I have. I was wondering what everyone else thought about it.
The book makes me hate things like paper...
I'm not trying to stir anything up here. I don't blame IBM as a company or
dislike any of its products because of it. But reading the book was sure
an eye opening experience. I just wanted to start the discussion for
now. I don't have time right now to write anything decent right now.
Grant
14 Feb
14 Feb
12:31 a.m.
Grant Stockly wrote:
Has anyone here read this book by Edwin Black?
http://www.amazon.com/IBM-Holocaust-Edwin-Black/dp/0751531995/sr=8-1/qid=11…
I have. I was wondering what everyone else thought about it.
The book makes me hate things like paper...
I'm not trying to stir anything up here. I don't blame IBM as a company
or dislike any of its products because of it. But reading the book was
sure an eye opening experience. I just wanted to start the discussion
for now. I don't have time right now to write anything decent right now.
Grant
I've not read that book, but I have read some of the stories on how IBM
provided machinery to the Nazis.
On the other hand, I've also read some of the stories (MIT Press: IBM's
Early Computers) on how IBM cooperated with the US Department of War,
and how IBM built a lot of neat things to support the US military.
Technology is neutral.
7:56 a.m.
At 10:20 PM 2/12/2007 -0900, Grant Stockly wrote:
I'm not trying to stir anything up here. I
don't blame IBM as a company or dislike any of its products because of it. But
reading the book was sure an eye opening experience. I just wanted to start the
discussion for now. I don't have time right now to write anything decent right now.
FYI, two recent movies that also touch upon this subject are the documentary "The
Corporation" <http://www.thecorporation.com/>, which I recall having a few
shots of old computers during that scene, and "The Fog of War"
<http://www.errolmorris.com/film/fow.html>, an interview film with Robert McNamara
featuring a Philip Glass soundtrack that includes a piece called "IBM Punch
Cards" (a piece I naturally had to listen to immediately, although I still
haven't seen the film!).
- Ken
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