1. Rise Of IBM
... another way of doing things". Fortunately for IBM, this opinion did not prevail. The management of IBM shifted from the senior Watson to T. J. Watson, Jr. around this time. Watson Jr. had returned from duty in World War II with great respect for the capability of electronics, and directed the IBM ... riding on the strength of the ENIAC experience, it has been said that it managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Under Watson Jr. IBM started expending its research and development activities. In fact, not only did it build effective development labs near its original operating sit...
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