Re: Thomas J. Watson (Sr.)
By Bob Conant
In a message dated 96-03-03 20:08:49 EST, you write:
> "Some 30 National Cash Register officers including J. H. Patterson and Thomas
> J. Watson are indicted for criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade (see
> 1903). Patterson fires Watson, who will become general manager of the
> Computer-Tabulating-Recording Co. (C-T-R), a holding company with a
> subsidiary that employs Herman Hollerith and has acquired the Hollerith
> punched card patents of 1890."
>
> Will Dahlgren
>
> [ I don't supposed there's any relationship between IBM's Thomas J. Watson
> [ research center and the Thomas J. Watson referenced above, is there ?
> [ Jody
Jody,
Of course. CTR (it is ComputING-Tabulating-Recording Co.) was the predecessor of IBM. The company became IBM in 1914 with Tom Watson at the helm.
Bob Conant
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