John H. Patterson was the founder and first owner of the National Cash Register Company. He was famous for hiring and firing Thomas Watson Sr, who went on to found IBM. In fact, "John H." was famous for firing many people on rather trivial grounds, for example, if they couldn't tell him why the flags happened to be flying that day. NCR office buildings in Augsburg, Germany NCR Corporation is a technology company, specialising in solutions for the retail, and financial industries, as well as decision support systems. ... Thomas J. Watson, Sr. ...
Watson's stint at NCR shaped him and helped him build the power of IBM. Both Watson and Patterson were sentenced to one year imprisonment for unfair business practises. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, NY, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ...
Watson was sentenced, along with John H. Patterson (the owner of NCR), to one year of imprisonment.
In 1982 NCR became involved in open systems architecture, producing its first such system, the UNIX-powered TOWER 16/32, The NCR TOWER supermicrocomputer system was launched, establishing NCR as a pioneer in bringing industry standards and open systems architecture to the computer market.
NCR received a 100% rating on the first Corporate Equality Index released by the Human Rights Campaign in 2002.
JohnHenryPatterson (author) (1867–1947), an Anglo-Irish soldier who wrote The Man-Eaters of Tsavo which was made into the film The Ghost and the Darkness in 1996
JohnHenryPatterson (NCRowner) (1844–1922), the founder and first owner of the National Cash Register Company
JohnHenryPatterson (soldier) (1843–1920), a recipient of the Medal of Honor
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