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The group of competitors (mainframe computer manufacturers) to IBM in the 1960s became known as the BUNCH: Burroughs, UNIVAC, NCR, Control Data Corporation, and Honeywell.

By 1970, General Electric and Xerox also sold mainframes.

IBM and these seven other computer manufacturers became known as "Snow White and the Seven dwarfs." [link] [link]

 


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