CBI image of the day is of women working on binding wires together, following a schematic on paper pinned to the work surface as part of the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) air defense system. The processing power for SAGE was driven by the IBM AN/FSQ-7. #IBM@histodons@sociology@anthroplogy
Tom Watson Jr. and the Epic Story of How IBM Created the Digital Age
Nearly fifty years into IBM’s existence, Thomas Watson Jr. undertook the biggest gamble in business history when he “bet the farm” on the creation of the IBM System/360, the world’s first fully integrated and compatible mainframe computer.
The IBM EA-6B, used for the Navy's EA-6B Prowler, an electronic warfare aircraft. This marked the first time a micro-programmed logic control, implemented with read-only storage, was used in aerospace applications, ca 1960s.
The IBM 5100, one of the first portable computers, combined a typewriter-like electronic keyboard, a 10-keypad for data entry, a 1024-character display, a processing unit with up to 64K positions of main storage, and a tape cartridge for storing data. (1975).
I'm occasionally asked why Linux is less impacted by malware. My answer: It's largely due to historical factors – and quickly changing. Until Bitcoin, there wasn't much reason to target people who can't afford an operating system.
@jerry@SwiftOnSecurity the whole rationale for enterprise anything, is that profit making enterprises have to do just enough to mitigate risk, so as not to be liable when shit hits the fan. Hence ITIL, hence Service Management, hence support contracts. That you are responsible for a service that someone pays for, and you are legally on the hook for, for SLAs (Service Level Agreements) is why you buy enterprise support, for the components of your service that you don't support in-house.
If you aren't legally on the hook for an SLA, I would argue you don't need enterprise support. That includes RHEL licenses or any other 'open' source paid support for that matter. #RHEL hasn't been the same since it was acquired by #IBM. End of rant.
CBI Image o' Day. 1960. IBM 80 Column Punch Card. This was introduced in 1928, but Hollerith/CTR/IBM punch cards used for decades prior.
Like prior cards for IBM it violated the 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act--and IBM lost in court in 1936. This is an instruction card explaining it as a I/O syst. data/instructions for computers & prior that, tab machines. It gave us the iconic cultural phrase "Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate." on each card.