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Thomas Watson Jr.'s 1963 memo on the CDC 6600 resurfaces

Original: Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600 (1963)

A 1963 internal memo from IBM chief executive Thomas Watson Jr. about Control Data Corporation's CDC 6600 supercomputer is circulating again, hosted by the Computer History Museum. In the memo Watson warned IBM staff that the company was being beaten in the high-performance computing race, famously telling employees to study how CDC out-engineered them. Readers are revisiting the document as a vivid example of candid competitive analysis from computing's early era.

Why now: The newly shared archival memo offers a rare, candid look at IBM's leadership reacting to a rival's technological leap, appealing to computing history enthusiasts.

Thomas Watson Jr.IBMControl Data CorporationCDC 6600Computer History Museum

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