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Originally posted by SlowwHand
Calculators.
Calculators.
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Well, calculators made in Texas are surely sweet, but...
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I'd say in terms of lifestyle, GM and McDonald's have had the two biggest impacts (not necessarily good either) in the last 50 years.
1. GM changed the way people live, allowed the suburbs to be possible, bought out public transportation and then destroyed it.
2. Mickey Dees did two things:
a. Paved the way for successful cookie cutter franchising en masse
b. Allowed the instant gratification culture in America to come into beingWe the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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TI does other things too, they still make alot of really good chips...We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnComment
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I know. I buy them. Don't tell Sloww that though.Originally posted by Ted Striker
TI does other things too, they still make alot of really good chips...
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A couple of notes:Originally posted by Ted Striker
I'd say in terms of lifestyle, GM and McDonald's have had the two biggest impacts (not necessarily good either) in the last 50 years.
GM became GM in no small part to the efforts of Bunkie Knudson, a Ford executive who jumped ship in 1919 and brought the secrets of mass production to GM and its divisions. Bunkie became head of US War Production prior to WW2 (keeping the position throughout the conflict) and was responsible for organizing the entire war production of the United States.
His son started at GM as well, switched over to Ford and was fired within 10 months. Given that there are only 3 companies in the American market at the time, ouch!
McDonalds became possible due to the mobility of the American public, a mobility brought about by the availability of individual automobiles. They started as a carhop service in 1937, after all.
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Absolutely Ford Motor Company. General Motors in general...I don't think anything else comes close."Chegitz, still angry about the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991?
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Bell Labs invented the transistor.Pax Superiore Vi Tellarum
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The East India Company. Or possibly Krupp. Maybe deBeers. Come on, people, this is "of all time" not now.I'd rather have a German division in front of me than a French division behind me.--PattonComment
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Bell Labs is a subsidiary of ATT Corporation, brought about by a 1925 agreement with Western Electric to pool resources for a research lab.Originally posted by cia
Bell Labs invented the transistor.
ATT History: http://www.att.com/history/milestones.html
Bell Labs History (pretty informative): http://www.bell-labs.com/about/history/timeline.html
UNIX, laser... who knows, maybe ATT is more influential than Ford.Last edited by JohnT; May 17, 2003, 01:56.Comment
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(edit: Bell Labs is now in the Lucent group iirc)
for Influential I would have to go with Dow Jones (Wall Street Urinal) or the New York Times - they both had amazing influence well beyond their business size and beyond their industry. We forget these days how big those papers were.
Ford was just an efficient manufacturerer of a product and GM a conglomerate of the same ilk. Textron could go in the same catagory, well down the list. US Steel was the equivalent of a merger between Ford and GM - that would be higher than the autos, imho.Be the bid!Comment
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Bell Labs was a subdivision within ATT, so I think ATT belongs to one of the most influential companies ever.
The German IG Farben was a very powerful entity before WW2. During WW2, IG Farben gained notoriety through supplying chemicals to concentration camps and employing thousands of slave labors. It was broken up after the war into Bayer, BASF, and Hoechst. As you know, these companies are still the world-leading companies in chemical industry, and Germany is still the world leader in chemical industry.Comment
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The Dutch East Indian Company. Most powerful force in most of the countries it operated in. Most powerful private body in Europe at the time. Richest private body in the world at the time. Set the blueprints for global capitalism and political meddling. Established western imperialism in South-East Asia. Smashed the power of the Spain/Portugal axis. Most powerful navy in the world at the time.
Why any other contenders are being suggested is a bit of a mystery to me.The genesis of the "evil Finn" concept- Evil, evil FinlandComment
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