On Tue, 5 Jan 2010 08:40:03 -0800 (PST), hanco...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >As to IBM and competition, both Watsons had the attitude that they >'earned' and thus 'owned' or 'deserved' 100% of the information >processing machine marketplace because they were the best and worked >very hard to build up their customer base. They deeply resented >intrusions onto their marketshare. That attitude led to anti-trust >troubles for both of them. > >Watson pushed S/360 out the door so fast partly because his product >line was stale and competitors were gaining on him. Honeywell was >'stealing' his 1401 customers with their machine and Watson couldn't >stand that fact. On the one hand, we can see that competition was >good in that it pushed for improved technology and support that S/360 >offered. On the other hand, was the competition bad in that a machine >was announced before its time*? > > >[*I keep thing of Orson Wells and the wine commercials, "we will sell >no wine before its time."]
And I keep thinking of the book and movie _Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room_ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
