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Oh, in IBM history "Think" was much bigger than just notepads. "Think" was a command from venerated IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, and in the Olden Days IBM used to put that slogan on wall signs (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_%28IBM%29) that were hung EVERYWHERE.

Even in the restrooms: (http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/ibm100/us/en/icons/think_c...)

In a restroom at IBM’s Watson Center, a supervisor had placed a sign above the sink. It had a single word on it—‘THINK!’ The next day, when he went to the restroom, right below the sign, immediately above the soap dispenser, someone had carefully lettered another sign that read— ‘THOAP!’

They also made desktoppers with the slogan for executives, and the story goes that you could tell how high up in the legendary IBM bureaucracy an IBMer was by how big and ornate his THINK sign was -- junior execs got tiny signs made of plastic, senior ones got big ones made of fancy woods and metals.





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