IBM Turns 100

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday June 16, 2011 @02:07AM from the ai-can't-blow-out-candles dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "On this day in 1911, IBM started as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (C-T-R). It wasn't until 1924 that the company changed their name to IBM. Needless to say that a 100-year milestone is quite the feat. While some of us might know IBM for its recent "Jeopardy"-playing Watson computer, a look back shows that IBM has a long history of innovation, from cheese slicers (yes, really) and the tech behind Social Security to the UPC bar code and the floppy disk. One of the most notable leaps of faith IBM took was in 1964 with the introduction of System/360, a family of computers that started the era of computer compatibility. To date the company has invested nearly $30 billion in technology."

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Here's to the Big Iron! by Grindalf · 2011-06-16 02:15 · Score: 1, Funny

Here's to the Big Iron! Happy Birthday IBM!

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Re:Outsourced by dingen · 2011-06-16 02:24 · Score: 4, Funny

What do they even make anymore?
About a $100 billion a year.

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Re:I'll wager $723.42 that IBM goes another 100 ye by Artifakt · 2011-06-16 03:16 · Score: 3, Funny

It's easy to get confused when it's all three letter acronyms: IBM death knell - JFK death knoll (yes I went there) - D&D death gnoll, it just goes on and on and on.

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