Remembering Erich Bloch (January 9, 1925–November 25, 2016)

...made his first contribution as the project engineer on the legendary IBM Stretch and who was responsible for manufacturing the IBM System/360, his work changed the fortunes of IBM to...

John E. Kelly III

...and to apply these innovations to help IBM clients succeed. Dr. Kelly also leads IBM’s worldwide intellectual property efforts. IBM has led the world in U.S. patents for 20 consecutive...

Fifty Years of the Personal Computer Operating System

...offices. The IBM PC Effect In 1980, IBM established a new business division in Boca Raton, Florida, to develop a desktop computer for the mass market. To get the IBM...

Personal Computing 1984: PC Pragmatists, Macintosh Visionaries & the Future of Portability

...Group in the country. IBM users largely found Steve Jobs’ vision out of touch with user needs. IBM PC users loved IBM’s industrial-strength, 16-bit processor and robust operating system. Compared...

Gary Kildall and the 40th Anniversary of the Birth of the PC Operating System

...of CP/M. In July 1980, IBM assigned Philip “Don” Estridge to develop a desktop computer for the mass market. To get the IBM PC, as it became known, to market...

The Boston Computer Society Presents: 1981 Forum on the Future of Personal Computers

...world had announced its entry into the nascent industry: IBM. IBM was the gold standard of business computing. Suddenly its IBM PC seemed to make personal computers a legitimate purchase...

The Boston Computer Society: Dawn of the Business Personal Computer and Cost-Efficient Home PC

...a major new development. Months earlier, in late 1981, IBM had entered the arena with its IBM PC. While opinions varied about the IBM PC, virtually everyone agreed on one...

Computing: The Human Experience-Anarchy & Order with IBM Fellow Grady Booch

The worst thing in the world, next to anarchy, is government. — Henry Beecher Ward The care of human life and happiness, said Thomas Jefferson, is the first and only...