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  3. With IBM clearly on top in the early 1960s, Watson took in one of 【S1】______ the biggest gambles in corporate history

With IBM clearly on top in the early 1960s, Watson took in one of 【S1】______ the biggest gambles in corporate history

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问题 With IBM clearly on top in the early 1960s, Watson took in one of            【S1】______
the biggest gambles in corporate history. He proposed of spending            【S2】______
more than $5 billion—which about three times IBM% revenues at               【S3】______
the time to develop a new line of computers that would make
the company’s existing machines obsolete. The goal was to
replace for specialized units with a family of compatible computers          【S4】______
that could fill what every data-processing need. Customers could start       【S5】______
with small computers and move up as their demands increased,                 【S6】______
taking their old software along with them. If this flexibility inspired      【S7】______
in the name System/360, after the 360 degrees in a circle.                   【S8】______
Ultimately, as System/360, which revolutionized the industry, proved         【S9】______
to be wildly successful as well. Because IBM’s base of installed             【S10】______
computers jumped from 11,000 in early 1964 to 35,000 in 1970,                【S11】______
and with its revenues more than doubled, to $7.5 billion. At the same        【S12】______
time, IBM’s market value soared from about $14 billion to more than $36 billion.
【S9】______
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