I was googling for WMS repair info and a link led me to the WMS website - of course the link was no longer there, however, while I was there I clicked on the "Our Story" link and found:
Our Story
Success Is Created By Those Who Dare To Change The Game
WMS has played a decisive role in games and entertainment since Harry Williams founded his Chicago-based company in 1943. A Stanford engineering graduate who devised the “tilt” mechanism for pinball machines, Williams changed the nature of pinball in wartime America. He and his firm had an unsurpassed ability to devise new game features and stay in touch with the changing tastes of the amusement market. The company retained this inherent strength when it entered the home video market in the 1980’s and, eventually, casino-style gaming in the early 1990’s..
How f*cking sad is that; 50 years of WMS pinball history condensed into two vague sentences
