IBM

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, New York, USA, 2000 Revenues $80 Billion, Employees 316,000, mfg. computer hardware & software. Incorporated June 15, 1911, with predecessor companies incorporated in the late 1800's.

World renowned research labs located in N.Y., Almaden, Zurich, Tokyo, Haifa, Beijing, Austin, Delhi.

See http://www.ibm.com

IBM mainframes -- IBM minicomputers -- OS/2

editing ideas

historical influence on business and computing -- Tabulating Computing Recording Co. -- Herman Hollerith (punched cards and US census) -- Selectric typewriter -- IBM-PC 5150 1981 'revolution' -- "THINK" -- mainframe -- Fred Brooks classic The Mythical Man-Month about OS/360 -- Winchester disk technology -- legal precedents(?): unbundling -- office automation -- research contributions -- nickname "Big Blue" (from blue chip?) -- Atomic Force Microscope -- Scanning Tunnelling Microscope -- T. J. Watson -- Binnig & Rohrer

(In the early 1990's during a period of downsizing and retrenchment, a new motto was coined: "THINK or THWIM.")