Sujet : Re: Chipsandcheese article on the CDC6600
De : niklas.holsti (at) *nospam* tidorum.invalid (Niklas Holsti)
Groupes : comp.archDate : 22. Jul 2024, 08:43:44
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On 2024-07-22 3:05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:21:41 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:
IBM CEO said something to the effect:: How can a team of 24 people,
including the janitor, beat IBM ??
From Watson’s memo:
Last week Control Data had a press conference during which they
officially announced their 6600 system. I understand that in the
laboratory developing this system there are only 34 people,
including the janitor. Of these, 14 are engineers and 4 are
programmers, and only one person has a Ph.D., a relatively junior
programmer. Contrasting this modest effort with our own vast
development activities, I fail to understand why we have lost our
industry leadership position by letting someone else offer the
world’s most powerful computer.
Per Wikipedia, Cray's reply was sardonic: "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."
Chipsandcheese article on the CDC6600
Re: Chipsandcheese article on the CDC6600