... , and vital to IBM. The words of this statement were chosen very carefully. Ralph Gomory agonized over the question of whether or not using the word "famous" was too ostentatious. He decided it was the proper word, because that was what we wanted to be, not just mere contributors to routine scientific investigations. And the words "vital to IBM" meant to convey ... but can be tracked through their inter-relationships, a standard feature of modern data base systems. Some everyday items of today, like ink-jet printers, or voice mail, also had their origins in IBM Research. All this work be...

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