Today, a lot of articles and blogs will mention IBM’s 100th birthday.
My first encounter were their Selectric typewriters, followed by their PC and AT computers at high-school and university, both setting standards for personal computing.
I’ve used their AS/400 machines (via iSeries now named System i, and merged into their IBM Power Systems), RS/6000 (now System p) and mainframes (via zSeries now named System z) too.
However, being mainly on the PC side, I got totally addicted to their keyboards and to their ThinkPad line of machines that – as part of IBM’s PC devision – got sold to Lenovo, and their hard drives (which got sold to HGST and are now part of Western Digital).
IBM still do a lot of research, which sets them apart from many other IT companies.
I love that, as a lot of good things has come from it: just google it or browse their lists with highlights on their research accomplishments.
Happy birthday IBM.
–jeroen
