Watson Jr. memo about CDC 6600
- Details
- Description
- Date
- 1963-08
- Credit Line
- Courtesy of the IBM Corporate Archive
- Copyright Owner
- © International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
- Keywords
- Control Data Corporation (CDC); International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); Watson, Thomas J., 1914-1993
- Object ID
- 500004285
Watson penned this scathing memo asking how IBM lost “our industry leadership” to a company with “34 people, including the janitor.” Also known as "The Janitor Memo," it shows the impact Control Data Corporation and its computers had on the leadership of IBM.