This non-fiction book provides a well-researched history of IBM, examining its pivotal role in the mid-twentieth-century development of computer technology and its influence on modern industry.
The authors chronicle the company's journey, detailing both its missteps and successes, such as the major gamble on the System/360 in the 1960s and the company's near-death experience in the early 1990s.
Through extensive research, the book explores IBM's impact on technology, the evolving role of the modern corporation, and the way our world works.
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This non-fiction book provides a well-researched history of IBM, examining its pivotal role in the mid-twentieth-century development of computer technology and its influence on modern industry.
The authors chronicle the company's journey, detailing both its missteps and successes, such as the major gamble on the System/360 in the 1960s and the company's near-death experience in the early 1990s.
Through extensive research, the book explores IBM's impact on technology, the evolving role of the modern corporation, and the way our world works.