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The First Computer War - Betting the Store

The First Computer War - Betting the Store

Released Thursday, 3rd May 2018
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The First Computer War - Betting the Store

The First Computer War - Betting the Store

The First Computer War - Betting the Store

The First Computer War - Betting the Store

Thursday, 3rd May 2018
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It’s 1961. Since his father retired 5 years earlier, Thomas Watson Jr pushed to modernize IBM from the top down. New management, new ideas, newer, faster, machines. The company has grown, employing 1,000 people, they’ve dominated the emerging computer market... and managed to frustrate the public all at the same time. IBM’s new technology is confusing and the only way out may be to create a Civil War, burning IBM from the inside out. Will they be able to agree, or will infighting cost them the entire company?


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