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IBM looks back on 100 years of history, finds plenty to be proud of (video)
- chr15 16y agoI did a summer internship at IBM, and the history behind the company is fascinating. One would think that a gigantic 100-year-old company would suffer from bureaucracy and eventually become antiquated and obsolete, but they remain agile enough to stay alive and even grow. Also, IBM Research is a patent machine - they patent a great number of innovations per year.
- 0xdeadc0de 16y agoyep, IBM was granted a record 5,896 U.S. patents in 2010 Source: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/33341.wss http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/33341.wss
- benologist 16y agoSkip the summary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jtNUGgmd4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39jtNUGgmd4
- vkdelta 16y ago"I was the mother of Motherboards"
- vkdelta 16y ago"We built and shipped it to 'Microsoft'" Hard to imagine something like that today.
- nopassrecover 16y agoThere is some to be less proud of too - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_during_World_War_II. However, it should be strongly noted that culpability for the use of the systems has not been established.