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Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963)
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Hacker News | Oct 3, 2026 | mooreds
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Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 Control Data Corporation (CDC); International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); Watson, Thomas J. , 1914-1993 Watson penned this scathing memo asking how IBM lost “our industry leadership” to a company with “34 people, including the janitor. ” Also known as "The Janitor Memo," it shows the impact Control Data Corporation and its computers had on the leadership of IBM.
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