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- From: ckincy@cs.umr.edu (Charles Kincy)
- Subject: Re: How many Nobel Prizes has IBM won?
- References: <1993Jan5.044937.15400@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <C0E5ME.A9F@newsflash.concordia.ca>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 18:31:31 GMT
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- In article <C0E5ME.A9F@newsflash.concordia.ca> patrice@cenparmi.concordia.ca (SCATTOLIN patrice) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan5.044937.15400@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> rjones@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ronald Jones) writes:
- >>There is a news item in acs.clari.nb.ibm about the importance of
- >>basic research to the future of America. It states that in the
- >>last 5 years IBM has won 2 Nobel Prizes. Does anyone know the
- >>total.
- >
- > TJ Watson had 5 Nobels in 88. By your count this ought to make
- >around 7 by now. Note that there are no nobels in Comp Sci.
-
- Most people would say that Computer Science is not a science, but
- a craft. [Read comp.org.eff.talk for more about this]. However,
- even if it is a science, it's only been around for about 60 years
- or so. Too early to break with tradition I suppose.
-
- Not that I think a Nobel prize for C Sc would be inappropriate.
- I mean, so many *other* sciences depend on computer architecture and
- good software design. . . .
-
- Yah, that's a good word for CS. A metascience....just like
- Mathematics. :)
-
- >>BTW, how many has Microsoft won ;-) (Just to put things into
- >>their proper perspective!)
- >>
- > They can't win a Nobel for software. Draw your own conclusions.
-
- Yah, but someone could win one for Peace if they could figure out
- how to create an OS that satisfies OS/2, Windows, Unix, **AND**
- Amiga bigots. :)
-
- cpk
- >
- >>
- >>--
- >> < Ron Jones | E-mail: rj+@osu.edu >
- >> < The Ohio State University | Office: (614) 292-1665 >
- >> < Columbus, Ohio 43210 | FAX: (9-5PM) (614) 292-7151 >
- >
- >
- >--
- >Patrice Scattolin
- > patrice@cs.concordia.ca
- >Concordia University Montreal, Canada
- >"I am so far north that Santa lives two blocks from me"
-
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