What was the first computer you ever owned?

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Associate Vice President, Information Technology & CISO in Education, 1,001 - 5,000 employees

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Executive Architect in Healthcare and Biotech, 10,001+ employees

Tandy (Radio Shack) 1000 SX with 640K. It was a solidly built IBM PC clone with the 8088 processor. I bought it for word processing and teaching myself C and SQL. It had a long second life as my kids’ computer- with no internet to distract them.

CTO in Software, 2 - 10 employees

IBM PC AT

Chief Technology Officer in Healthcare and Biotech, 10,001+ employees

ZX Spectrum 16k (purchased in 1982!)

Chief Information Technology Officer in IT Services, 201 - 500 employees

Sinclair zx81 1980 then Commodore 64

Senior Director in Healthcare and Biotech, 1,001 - 5,000 employees

Texas Instruments 99/4a

CIO in Manufacturing, 1,001 - 5,000 employees

Atari 400

CTO in Services (non-Government), 51 - 200 employees

BBC Acorn

Director in Finance (non-banking), 10,001+ employees

Commodore 64

Director of IT in Software, 11 - 50 employees

Spectrum Plus 3

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Yes - Maine did the right thing. There are too many security risks with free versions of these tools. Not enough copyright or privacy protections of data.31%

No, but.... - You must have good security and privacy policies in place for ChatGPT (and other GenAI apps). My organization has policies and meaningful ways to enforce those policies and procedures for staff.52%

No - Bans simply don't work. Even without policies, this action hurts innovation and sends the wrong message to staff and the world about our organization.13%

I'm not sure. This action by Maine makes me think. Let me get back to you in a few weeks (or months).3%

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