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Discover the Exciting Stories of the IT Industry from the 1960s
Community description: The 1960s was perhaps the most contradictory and exciting decade in the history of computing. While...
Dev.to | Mar 11, 2026 | Zsolt Tövis
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The software industry was born, plans for the first global networks were created, and humanity interacted with machines in real-time for the first time. Their famous "Liberator" software could convert programs written for the IBM 1401 to run on Honeywell machines, thus luring away price-sensitive customers. Of the "Seven Dwarfs", Control Data Corporation (CDC) chose the boldest path.
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