On 29/05/2015 1:43 PM, Anne & Lynn Wheeler wrote:
EBCDIC and the P-Bit, The Biggest Computer Goof Ever
http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM
The culprit was T. Vincent Learson. The only thing for his defense is
that he had no idea of what he had done. It was when he was an IBM Vice
President, prior to tenure as Chairman of the Board, those lofty
positions where you believe that, if you order it done, it actually will
be done. I've mentioned this fiasco elsewhere.
And how much has that dumb decision cost mainframe customers over the
years? Fiasco is the right word.
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