Posted Monday 20th April 2009 20:51 GMT
oscilloscopes don't count as IT..
Right.
1st Computer from Hewlett-Packard: the 2116A. 1969.
see http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/abouthp/histnfacts/museum/earlyinstruments/0001/0001history.html
Oracle Coproration: Ellison co-founded Oracle Corporation in 1977 under the name Software Development Laboratories (SDL). Renamed to "Oracle Systems" in 1982.
13 years after hp released its first computer.
Sun Microsystems: founded in 1982; 13 years after hp released the 2116A.
I did have this ol' scratchpad somewhere..
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