stackyFACTSBefore they dominated enterprise computing, the International Business Machines corporation was deeply invested in deli meats. They originally sold commercial scales, punch clocks, and heavy-duty cheese slicers. It proves that every tech giant essentially started out doing whatever random odd jobs paid the bills.
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