EatonIn a lot of ways, Facebook has a classic IBM problem
1. Won big early, and accumulated a war chest that let them absorb hits instead of adapting
2. Facilitated genocide
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@eaton oh yeah, didn't IBM do business with Germany during WW2?
Sören@gavinisdie @eaton yup. they sold tabulation machines to nazis (even circumventing export restrictions, I believe), who used them to better keep track of residents — by race, religion, whathaveyou
An early form of a database, if you will.