FRONTIERS OF PROGRESS
But---where and when did the exploration of this information handling frontier begin? Who initiated it? Was it the business machines manufacturers? Was it the Federal Government? Was it in 1954 when the first large scale. ..electronic computer system for business data processing was installed by General Electric. ..at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky? The answer to these questions is, of course, NO. It was GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY.
But the year was 1920!
- Ronald Reagan, Frontiers of Progress - 1961 Sales Meeting.
