Diebold Dies at 79

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/051227/obit_diebold.html?.v=6

John Diebold, a business visionary who preached computerization during the era of Elvis and Eisenhower as the future of worldwide industry, has died at the age of 79

joke

..............With an open sourcecode.

"...His vision of the future was conceived while serving in the Merchant Marine during World War II. He watched the ship's anti-aircraft fire control system, with its crude self-correcting mechanisms, and envisioned adapting the technology for business use.

In 1954, Diebold launched his consulting firm John Diebold & Associates. Coincidentally, that was the same year General Electric unveiled the first full-scale computer system for a business.

Over the next half-century, his firm, which had no connection to electronic equipment company Diebold Inc., provided advice to AT&T, IBM, Boeing and Xerox, along with the cities of Chicago and New York and the countries of Venezuela and Jordan.

In 1961 his firm created an electronic network for the Bowery Savings Bank in New York that allowed immediate updates of all transactions, allowing customers to bank at any branch. His company also developed a network that changed the way hospitals keep records, medical records and statistics to be collected electronically.

Some of his ideas took time to reach fruition. In 1963, Diebold presented newspaper executives with a plan to use keyboards for entering stories that could be edited on computer consoles -- a system that did not became standard until years later.

In addition to his nephew, Diebold is survived by his wife, Vanessa, along with a daughter and a son..."

RIP

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before looking for a new pinata to whack at?

...be cast on on his own machines :evilgrin:

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Did he "DIE BOLD"... or "DIE WIMPY"?

...who didn't have antyhing to do with Diebold Inc.