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by sjm-lbm 4805 days ago
Also, a bit of trivia: AA invented Sabre. Sabre can actually trace itself back to AA's first attempts at using computerized business process automation in the 1950s, before it was spun off into a separate company in 2000.

Should anyone be bored enough for a read, I actually think SABRE's history is sort of interesting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabre_(computer_system)
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eddmc 4805 days ago
A really interesting book I read about this is Hard Landing by Thomas Petzinger Jr. This contains more than just a history of Sabre. I read it more because I work in the travel industry ;-)

http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Landing-Contest-Profits-Airlines/...

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SonicSoul 4805 days ago
on the other hand Sabre's acquisition of Dunder Mifflin was a move in a questionable direction.

http://dundermifflin.sabre-corp.com/

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