Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 01:37:56 01/11/00
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On January 11, 2000 at 01:52:35, george petty wrote: > READ THE BOOK "BIG BLUE" BY RICHARD THOMAS DELAMARTER. > > IT TELLS OF IBM'S USE AND ABUSE OF POWER, HOW IBM BEAT AMONG OTHERS, CONTROL > DATA CORPORATION (CDC). HOW IBM MAKES THE RULES- A GAME OF POWER. THE WAY > IBM BEAT CONTROL DATA WHICH AT THE TIME WAS DELIVERING THE 6600, THE FASTEST > COMPUTER THAT SCIENTIFIC CUSTOMERS HAD EVER SEEN, THE TACTIC'S THAT THEY USED > AND WORKED PARTICULARLY WELL AGAINST CONTROL DATA. A LOT MORE COULD BE SAID > ABOUT WHAT IBM DOES ABOUT WINNING AT ANY COST. > GEORGE Please use lower case letters. Blocks of text in capitals are the internet equivalent of yelling into somebody's face. There are a lot of companies that will do a lot of less than angelic things in furtherance of profit. Maybe IBM is one of them, but if so, I'm sure they're not alone. Dave
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