Paul C. Lasewicz

Welcome

Hi Paul, and welcome. I am very interested in working with you to help improve IBM related articles, and I look forward to your contributions. Just recently I made a proposal to start an IBM WikiProject, and I'd be delighted if you would consider joining. I will respond publicly (with full support) to your inquiry at the history article when I have time, but I just wanted to take a minute to personally welcome you. Should you have any questions, feel free to contact me. //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 00:04, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Kind sir, thank you for the welcome ... and the support! I'd be interested in learning more about the IBM WikiProject; it certainly seems to be something I'd be interested in. Paul C. Lasewicz (talk) 13:37, 29 July 2009 (UTC) Paul Lasewicz 29 July 2009

History of IBM

Sorry I've been super busy at work. Two notes:

1. I'd suggest making a sandbox to keep a proposed rewrite of the article for collaboration. Talk pages aren't suited for such, and when we're done with a sandbox version we can just copy it completely. I'd suggest History of IBM/Sandbox or something similar.

   I've done this, though we need to move the discussion/comments to Talk:History of IBM/Sandbox and then make the Sandbox look like it would as the main article. I'll assist as time permits.  :)

2. You might want to look into naming references such that you can call the same citation from multiple locations in the text without having to retype everything (and considerably collapsing the reflist at the bottom). See examples in the first few references at Stephen Colbert (or other places).  :)

I'll be of more use once we have a sandbox. Thanks! //Blaxthos ( t / c ) 22:12, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

No need to apologize. All you editors deserve a ton of credit for what you do. I did #1, although the piece needs an expert's touch to improve the look and feel - reformatting and what not to break up the text. I think I know what you are getting at with #2, (Ibids?) but haven't figured out how to do that just yet. Will keep working on it. Paul C. Lasewicz (talk) 15:40, 15 September 2009 (UTC)

Watson Sr.

Hi Paul thanks for the clarification about Watson Sr. :) If Watson Sr. was not the founder of IBM then who spearheaded/arranged the merger? who has taken credit for creating the newly merged entity at the time called IBM? The main IBM article has no founder listed which is a bit odd. It would be great if we can finally add a founder to the IBM article.Sammy8912 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:49, 8 April 2010 (UTC).

Hi! Aye, there's the rub. History indicates that Charles Flint, a classic late 19thc business wheeler dealer was the primary driver. Watson Sr. himself gave large credit to Samuel Hastings, an employee of one of the predecessor firms who remained with IBM many years afterwards. And the first CTR CEO, George Fairchild, no doubt had a role as well. And I expect there were others who history has forgotten. So to tab one individual as the 'founder' is problematic. Flint would be the logical candidate, but he himself barely mentioned the deal in his autobiography and he had no ongoing role in the day to day management of the company. Fairchild could be another, but he has not really been mentioned as a player in the original deal and his tenure as CEO was very brief. And Hastings has only been cited by Watson that I've seen, and he was never CEO. So you can see how the notion of identifying a single 'founder' is perhaps a tad inaccurate. Paul C. Lasewicz (talk) 12:44, 9 April 2010 (UTC)

Computer Usage Company etc.

Hello, wanted to let you know I created the above article about the first software company, founded by two ex-IBM employees and assocated with others. Will also try sending an email about some other possible work in this area. W Nowicki (talk) 19:31, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi! This is very interesting - thanks for bringing it to my attention! Paul C. Lasewicz (talk) 20:34, 1 June 2010 (UTC)

Also as you might see I am working on Jr's article since it needs inline citations. W Nowicki (talk) 00:17, 2 June 2010 (UTC)

Hi, friend

I'm reopening an old can of worms. Your input is welcomed... Talk:IBM_and_the_Holocaust Carrite (talk) 15:48, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

Hi! Sorry, but my participation on this topic - no matter how objective it is - will serve as a lightning rod for those who support EB's interpretation of the period. So I think it best for me to stay on the sidelines on this one ... whatever value I might add to the discussion will be outweighed by the distraction my presence causes. Paul C. Lasewicz (talk) 17:22, 8 July 2010 (UTC)

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Done. Thanks for bringing this to my attention - much appreciated. Paul C. Lasewicz (talk) 15:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Excellent. I've moved it to Commons so it can now start being used in other languages' articles as well. --dave pape (talk) 18:12, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

More pics?

Hello, hope you are still monitoring wikipedia. I am working a bit on the articles on the IBM SSEC and James Wares Bryce for example. How hard would it be to convince IBM to release a few of the photos to illustrate the articles that have none at all? http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/attic/attic_003.html looks like a modern photo when the unit was on display in a museum, while one of the original ones would also be impressive. By the way, what reminded me was what would have been the hundredth birthday of Cuthbert Hurd, who still needs some work (and a photo!). We just had lunch with Mrs. Hurd yesterday. Thanks for any help. W Nowicki (talk) 17:33, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Hi! This is should be doable, assuming that I can find images that are rights-free. Paul C. Lasewicz (talk) 18:18, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

The PR pics from the original 1948 ceremony seem to have been circulated widely, and appear on the CHM web site http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/accession/102698429 for example, and da Cruz's Columbia site at http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/ssec.html any of those would be nice. It also seems in the 1980s at least the SSEC console was put on display somewhere at IBM. Thanks for any help. W Nowicki (talk) 21:17, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

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