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Re:The IBM System/360: the first modular, general-purpose co... by scott_s on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:18PM (#12362933)
In fairness, the figure is mostly accurate. Development cost $1 billion, the entire project including production cost $5 billion. It was a bet-the-company move.
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Re:The IBM System/360: the first modular, general-purpose co... by dalke on Thursday August 25, 2016 @06:30PM (#12363001)
I agree that it's an accurate number. I meant to highlight that "development" can mean "to develop a working system" (R&D) as well as "to develop a commercial product" (R&D plus production, support, sales, marketing, ...).
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