A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old

Re:A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old by tpmx on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:43PM (#25282759)

Maybe let's do it in two classes: oldest information-managing tech company and oldest mechanical tech company?

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Re:A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old by Turing_Machine on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @06:30PM (#25283251)

If you consider banking to be information-managing tech (which it seems to me that it is), then the oldest may be either Berenberg Bank (1590) or Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena (1472). It depends on the definition of "bank". The later is certainly a bank now, but was more like a pawnbroker in its early years.

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Re:A Japanese shop is 1,020 years old by moron4hire on Wednesday December 02, 2020 @05:52PM (#25282849)

I mean, I don't know what other definition you want.

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