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Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963)

11 points by mooreds ago | 5 comments

rbanffy |next [-]

Interesting to note the question had the answer all along. How would a modest effort outrun a vast organisation?

I never imagined he’d be caught by that mistake.

gshubert17 |root |parent |next [-]

Cray's reply was sardonic: "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_6600

KerrAvon |root |parent |previous [-]

He wasn't. The CDC 6600 cost IBM some prestige, but it didn't put a dent in IBM's sales, which were about to skyrocket due to the 360 series.

AirPath |next |previous [-]

6600

bediger4000 |previous [-]

I used CDC computers 1986-92. They sucked, and CDC employees could not comprehend that they sucked. They had convinced themselves that their alternate universe was real.