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somewhat off topic but I find their use of 'Watson' to be rather outrageous as he was a big part of IBMs Jew tracking systems installed in concentration camps d
by dmritard96 9y ago
somewhat off topic but I find their use of 'Watson' to be rather outrageous as he was a big part of IBMs Jew tracking systems installed in concentration camps during world war two. I suppose I already looked at IBM as an org that really does not own this as they should but its particularly bothersome that they would use his name as a flagship of their marketing efforts.
- ballenf 9y agoI had always assumed that Watson was a reference to Sherlock Holmes' assistant. "Elementary my dear Watson" and such. Googled "ww2 watson" to find the wiki with the info you reference. Does IBM make clear which Watson the name's a reference to? I have to think you're right, but the Sherlock Holmes reference makes so much more sense to me in the sense of being the assistant while also stroking the customer's ego as the brilliant detective who hired Watson.