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Ok, ok...let's not get crazy. Next, we'll be yelling to sue the
companies that made the chemicals used in the gas chambers, or the
companies that made the guns and bullets.
And I'm quite sure that IBM machines were being used to count the
number of Japanese Americans that were placed into relocation camps
here in the US, during WWII, etc.
IBM made a tool. The Nazis were the ones who used the tool for their
purposes. Let's leave the blame where it belongs.
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 19:21:41 -0500, las wrote:
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>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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>> Just got back from a visit to an IBM convention. Perhaps some of you have
>> seen this, but they're about to debut, or have just debuted, a portable 1 1/2
>> inch square, 1/8" thin one-gigabyte portable "micro drive" that connects to
>> all sorts of things. Pretty impressive little thing.
>>
>> I think the price quoted me was in the 600-800 dollar range.
>> Now if they, or a few competitor companies with less corporate-ness, can just
>> deliver it for under 100 bucks.....
>>
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>The hell with IBM!!! I just heard on the news last night that they have been
>accused of supplying the punch card equipment to the Nazis to keep track of how
>many people they gassed!!!
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>Punch cards were used before more sophisticated storage media was developed. It
>seems that IBM had a German division even during WW II. How many people on list
>list had relatives that were killed (either as Americans fighting the bastards or
>in the camps) during W.W.II
>
>I'm sure it makes you feel good to know that some IBM punch card probably had
>their name or number listed (the Nazis destroyed as much as they could-they were
>insane record keepers-but just as insane about trying to destroy the evidence).
>
>BLANK IBM!!!
>
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