In <d02.4e62cf50.36c44...@aol.com>, on 02/11/2009
   at 10:05 AM, "(IBM Mainframe Discussion List)" <dasdbi...@aol.com>
said:

>I thought that the "C" in BUNCH was Compagnie des Machines  Bull. 

No; B.U.L.L. was a minor player at the time.

>CDC made mainframe-compatible disk drives, though, I think, but not
>central processors.

Sic transit gloria mundi. There was a time when CDC owned the high-end
market.
 
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