By the time Eckert and Mauchly showed up, Watson had changed his mind and already had a competitor to the Univac under development.

CNN: Genesis of the computer

Presper Eckert and John Mauchly -- was well on its way toward completing a new, faster computer called the Univac (Universal Automatic Computer).

CNN: Genesis of the computer

Unless you fancy using three different machines to run Word, Excel and PowerPoint, give credit to the fathers of Eniac, the first reprogrammable computer: John Mauchly, Presper Eckert and John von Neumann.

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