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Thomas Watson Jr.'s 1963 memo on the CDC 6600 resurfaces
Original: Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963)
A 1963 memo from IBM chief executive Thomas Watson Jr. about Control Data Corporation's CDC 6600 is drawing attention once again. In the memo, Watson acknowledged to IBM staff that a rival machine had outperformed IBM's offerings, forwarding a scientist's blunt assessment of the Control Data supercomputer. The document is preserved by the Computer History Museum and is often cited as a rare example of a CEO candidly conceding competitive defeat.
Why now: Readers are revisiting a candid historical moment when IBM's own chief admitted a competitor built the world's best computer.
Thomas Watson Jr.IBMControl Data CorporationCDC 6600Computer History Museum
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