The last chapter in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bunch and De-Bunch saga. The largest player, the company has seen many changes over its 100+ years of being in business, but it was always able to adapt and remake itself with leader who had a vision and a clear idea of where the market was going to be in 10 years, and a few times 20 years down the road. The company is moving in what it thinks in the right direction for the future and has hedged a few bets along the way in case it is wrong, a cautious but usually wise choice for companies of its size and bulk. There are storms ahead for IBM, time will tell if it has positioned itself correctly to weather then.
I was going to include OS/2 but I have enough material for an entire video so will save that one for later to finish off and publish. OS/2 is an important story, but would have made this video into an epic novel.
Chapters
00:00 - Intro
00:25 - Dr. Herman Hollerith
01:04 - Punching Cards
01:17 - Census 1890
01:25 - Marker 3
04:13 - Thomas Watson Jr.
05:37 - System/360
06:15 - System/370
06:49 - Frank Cary - CEO
07:31 - William C. Lowe
10:44 - CEO Approves Plan for IBM PC
10:48 - Donald Esteridge
11:21 - Microsoft
11:48 - IBM PC Launch
12:35 - Specs
13:14 - IBM PC/XT
13:49 - IBM PCjr.
15:00 - IBM PC AT
17:09 - Enter the Clones
18:39 - The Empire Strikes Back
20:33 - Deep Blue
20:54 - Sale of IBM PC Business to Lenovo
21:14 - IBM Splits into Two
21:58 - Final Thoughts
22:38 - Wrap-up
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