nov 17, 1951 - J Lyons, a United Kingdom food company, famous for its tea, made history
by running the first business application on an electronic computer.
A payroll system was run on Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) a computer
system designed by Maurice Wilkes who had previously worked on EDSAC.
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