King of the Seven Dwarfs

General Electric's Ambiguous Challenge to the Computer Industry

• Author(s): Homer R. Oldfield,
• Publisher: IEEE Computer Society Press
• Pages: 252
• ISBN_10: 0818673834
  ISBN_13: 9780818673832
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Infrastructure , Business & Economics / Industries / Computers & Information Technology , Business & Economics / Corporate & Business History , Computers / General , Computers / Computer Architecture , Computers / History ,

Description:... "IBM and the Seven Dwarfs" was a phrase coined in the 1960s to describe IBM and the seven companies struggling to catch up. This book tells the story of those early days in the computer industry when General Electric alone had the technical and economic resources to compete effectively in this sophisticated high stakes market. However in 1970, GE's top management decided to sell the computer business to Honeywell--a decision which changed history.