Yep. Been hearing a lot from IBM people a few from the seven dwarfs then the bunch, not much from those who tried to get in but never had the chance. Very interesting point of view. Later you hear from Microsoft People and some Linux people and other systems.
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 7:06 PM Mike Cairns <m...@mikecairns.com> wrote: > > That's a brilliant read, thanks for posting. Amazing to see the perspective > of an early CIO in action considering the S360 offerings against their > competitors as things looked to them at the time. And also a brilliant > exposition of what really happened at Xerox from someone with a seat at the > table, together with some harsh and true insights into the preference for > Marketing over Data in CxO level discussions that has prevailed in corporate > boardrooms for far too long now. References to BBN and J.C.R. Licklider are > consummately covered also in one of my favourite books about this era, Where > Wizards Stay Up Late > https://www.amazon.com/Where-Wizards-Stay-Up-Late/dp/0684832674. He could do > with an editor and proof reader though. > > Cheers - Mike > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
