IBM was my first thought, too, but I confirmed with both my father and the product manager of the 5990, Jim Henry, that the bees do not represent IBM. But neither can remember what they do represent. Best wishes, -Adam On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 11:17 AM Jeffrey Brace <jeffrey@vcfed.org> wrote:
On Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 4:28 PM Adam Michlin via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
And here's the history behind the shirt in my father's own words (although we're still trying to figure out the significance of the bees):
Based on the story, I suspect that the bees were another code name that was used after Hawk, but before the Lynx. Or they represent the "sting of defeat" by IBM. IBM was feeling the sting of being one upped by Amdahl by getting out the product earlier than them.