Sun Microsystems: Stanford Workstations, Java and the Sun Grid Cloud Miss
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Sun Microsystems took its name from the Stanford University Network. Graduate student Andy Becht...
18 Okt 19min
Silvergate Bank: The SEN Network, Diem's Lost Stablecoin and FTX Fallout
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Silvergate began in 1988 as a Southern California savings and loan and became a bank in 1996, op...
18 Okt 19min
Plymouth Cars: Farm Twine Name, Hydraulic Brakes, Road Runner and Voyager
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Walter P. Chrysler launched Plymouth at Madison Square Garden in 1928 to challenge Ford and Chev...
18 Okt 23min
H&M: A Hennes Shop in Västerås, Lagerfeld Sellouts and Rana Plaza
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Erling Persson opened Hennes, Swedish for "hers," in Västerås in 1947, selling only women's clot...
18 Okt 22min
Pontiac Aztek: A Minivan Platform, a Tailgate Tent and Breaking Bad Fame
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!General Motors unveiled the Pontiac Aztek concept in 1999 to win Generation X buyers, with desig...
18 Okt 20min
John Pemberton's Coca-Cola: A Saber Wound, a Coca Tonic and a $300 Name
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!John Stith Pemberton, a Confederate colonel with a medical degree, took a saber wound to the che...
18 Okt 20min
One World Trade Center: A Bombproof Base and the 1,776-Foot Spire Ruling
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After the September 11, 2001 attacks killed 2,996 people and destroyed the twin towers, whose fr...
18 Okt 23min
George Soros: Deportation Slips in Budapest to Breaking the Bank of England
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!George Soros was born Georgi Schwartz in Budapest in 1930. His father, Tivadar, a lawyer and for...
18 Okt 22min
