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在40年代,计算机是一些搞计算机的人为另一些搞计算机的人制造的。但是,第二次世界大战时,这种局面改变了。这种神奇的机器开始为大众所使用,这一转变应归功于托马斯·沃森(Thomas J.Watson,Sr)。虽然他自己似乎并不确信电子计算机的商业价值,但是他一手建立起来的计算、制表机械公司业已成为商业巨人,从而在20世纪有能力迅速占据计算机企业的领导地位。 沃森是美国自由企业体制成功的典型。随着IBM(International Business Machines)公司的建立和发展,他成为全美国最诱人、最有影响的公司总裁之一。20年代和30年代,该公司成为自动电子机械和商用机器的主要制造商。50年代末,该公司跃居
In the 1940s, computers were made by some who engaged in computers for others who engaged in computers. However, this situation changed during the Second World War. This fantastic machine is beginning to be used by the general public, thanks to Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Although he himself did not seem convinced of the commercial value of electronic computers, his single-handedly calculated computer-based watchmaking company had become a commercial giant and, in the 20th century, had the ability to quickly take the lead in the computer enterprise. Watson is typical of the success of the free enterprise system in the United States. With the founding and development of IBM (International Business Machines), he became one of the most attractive and influential company president in the United States. In the 1920s and 1930s, the company became a leading manufacturer of automatic electro-mechanical and commercial machines. The company jumped to the end of the 1950s