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Thursday 16 June 2011

100 Years


Happy Birthday IBM!
The company that invented the memory and hard drive in your computer, the magnetic strip on your credit card, the punch cards developed for Social Security and a load of other shit has today turned 100!!

18 comments:

  1. Didn't these guys help the Nazi's...

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  2. Wow they did lol, never knew that.

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  3. @Shadeprint: That happened 50 years ago. None of the IBM guys who helped the Nazis are alive today.

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  4. well...learn something new everyday D;

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  5. haha I don't know if we should be celebrating IBM's birthday, but I will give you that for concern. :)

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  6. Had no idea they've been around that long.

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  7. Dang! I didn;t know they've been around that long either...i wonder what they did wayy back in the day. Very interesting!

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  8. Damn now thats something for them to party about, not many tech companies last that long at the cutting edge

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  9. 100 years :O That's a lot, specially for tech companies.

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  10. Didnt they also refuse to buy Microsoft Windows and instead choose to rent it for a few years or something? Worst. mistake. ever.

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  11. All hail the computing Gods! May their merch stay in the bestselling list forever.

    Well, it is their birthday. Least I could do.

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  12. wow i never knew they were around that long

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  13. Wow, 100 years is a long time, I'll drink to that!

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  14. I never thought IBM would last this long.

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  15. They're more for IT solutions now, I think :)

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  16. Wow they've been around longer than I thought!

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