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To: TexasGator

Yup. That would be as foolish as buying a computer from Thomas Watson, Sr., a man who was indicted and convicted of fraud. I wonder how Watson’s company, IBM, turned out?


161 posted on 06/14/2014 1:37:18 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Rockingham

” Thomas Watson, Sr., a man who was indicted and convicted of fraud”

You have your facts wrong. It wasn’t fraud. And he sold a real working product at a price that customers were very happy with.


162 posted on 06/14/2014 1:53:09 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: Rockingham

“That would be as foolish as buying a computer from Thomas Watson, Sr., “

It was Jr. that pushed the computers. Sr. was reluctant to commit to computers.


169 posted on 06/14/2014 7:07:06 PM PDT by TexasGator
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