The IBM System/360
It was called “IBM’s $5 billion gamble” and a “bet-the-business” move. *Good to Great* author Jim Collins ranked it as one of the top three business accomplishments of all time, alongside Ford’s Model T and Boeing’s first jetliner, the 707. It was the IBM System/360, a system of mainframes introduced in 1964 that ushered in a new era of compatibility in which computers were no longer thought of as
It was called “IBM’s $5 billion gamble” and a “bet-the-business” move. *Good to Great* author Jim Collins ranked it as one of the top three business accomplishments of all time, alongside Ford’s Model T and Boeing’s first jetliner, the 707. It was the IBM System/360, a system of mainframes introduced in 1964 that ushered in a new era of compatibility in which computers were no longer thought of as