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That's reminiscent of the famous "janitor" letter written by IBM's president Watson in 1963. He asked why the CDC 6600 was a better computer than IBM's when Sey
by kens 6y ago
That's reminiscent of the famous "janitor" letter written by IBM's president Watson in 1963. He asked why the CDC 6600 was a better computer than IBM's when Seymour Cray's team had "34 people including the janitor" while IBM had a "vast development effort".
Cray's response (probably apocryphal) was, "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."
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