He's referring to Infocom's (the Zork/text adventure people) big bet on getting into the non-game space. Infocom spent all this money developing a natural langu

He's referring to Infocom's (the Zork/text adventure people) big bet on getting into the non-game space. Infocom spent all this money developing a natural language relational database - Cornerstone - that sunk the company.