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Yes Pearl Harbor changed everything, yet nothing changed. Direct dealing would be illegal, so they simply relayed via IBM Geneva. The book made a convincing cas
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
Yes Pearl Harbor changed everything, yet nothing changed. Direct dealing would be illegal, so they simply relayed via IBM Geneva. The book made a convincing case that IBM, and Watson himself continued to deal - and profit - throughout the war. "IBM's direct involvement with Germany ended" is pretty academic if they just started funnelling through a subsidiary.
- jacquesm 7y agoSlapping the 'Watson' name on everything and anything may come back to haunt IBM in the long term.
- southern_cross 7y agoWell, don't forget that the name "Watson" applies to both Watson Sr. (who founded IBM but who had a somewhat less than stellar reputation, at least at first) and his son Watson Jr., who ran IBM himself for a great many years and who had a much better reputation. Apparently father and son didn't really get along too well, though.