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13 years ago was the dot-com bubble. What about Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Intel, Oracle?
by foobarbazqux 13y ago
13 years ago was the dot-com bubble. What about Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Intel, Oracle?
- brokenparser 13y agoIBM doesn't count because that company is almost as old as the invention of the computer itself.
- pilsetnieks 13y agoIBM is actually older than the computer, it was founded in 1911. (Unless you count Babbage's machine.)
- brokenparser 13y agoThat's almost exactly what I wanted to write until I read the definition of his analytical engine on Wikipedia. Although IBM says they formed through a merger of three companies in 1911, it's origins started in the 1880s and I count that as the true beginning of IBM. Note that in 1911 the company was called CTR and they kept that name until 1924, so either way I don't think 1911 accurately reflects the founding year of IBM.