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Also, a bit of trivia: AA invented Sabre. Sabre can actually trace itself back to AA's first attempts at using computerized business process automation in the 1
by sjm-lbm 14y ago
Also, a bit of trivia: AA invented Sabre. Sabre can actually trace itself back to AA's first attempts at using computerized business process automation in the 1950s, before it was spun off into a separate company in 2000.
Should anyone be bored enough for a read, I actually think SABRE's history is sort of interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system)
- eddmc 14y agoA really interesting book I read about this is Hard Landing by Thomas Petzinger Jr. This contains more than just a history of Sabre. I read it more because I work in the travel industry ;-) http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Landing-Contest-Profits-Airlines/dp/0812928350 http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Landing-Contest-Profits-Airlines/...
- SonicSoul 14y agoon the other hand Sabre's acquisition of Dunder Mifflin was a move in a questionable direction. http://dundermifflin.sabre-corp.com/ http://dundermifflin.sabre-corp.com/