Title :
After the B5000: Burroughs Third-Generation Computers 1964—1980
Author :
Gray, G.T. ; Smith, R.Q.
Author_Institution :
IBM, Cambridge, MA
Abstract :
Although Burroughs experienced moderate success with its medium- and small-sized computers, the company´s large-scale systems and supercomputers were plagued by product delivery delays and quality issues. These struggles with its large-scale commercial products left it at a serious disadvantage in the competitive market of the 1980s.
Keywords :
mainframes; parallel machines; B5000; Burroughs third-generation computers; large-scale systems; medium-sized computers; small-sized computers; supercomputers; Application software; Computer industry; Delay; Laboratories; Large-scale systems; Military computing; Missiles; Production; Supercomputers; Telephony;
Journal_Title :
Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAHC.2009.19
