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Book recommendation: in-depth on the people, processes, and technology. Incredible detail on all aspects. https://direct.mit.edu/books/monograph/4262/IBM-s-360

• mrandish 1y ago
  Thanks for the recommendation! I've ordered it. After reading the IEEE article I linked above, I got the book the article was based on ("IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon"). While it's a thorough recounting of IBM's storied history, it wasn't what I was looking for. The author specifically says his focus was not the technical details as he felt too much had been written from that perspective. Instead that book was a more traditional historian's analysis which I found kind of dry.
  • musicale 1y ago
    > his focus was not the technical details as he felt too much had been written from that perspective Too much technical detail? Not for technologists - that's the interesting bit!