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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!idacrd!desj@ccr-p.ida.org
  2. From: desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.arch
  4. Subject: Re: Computer architects forced to change careers. NOT!
  5. Message-ID: <1619@idacrd.UUCP>
  6. Date: 11 Sep 92 14:31:34 GMT
  7. References: <1992Sep9.061933.28304@news.eng.convex.com> <1992Sep9.213319.7894@fasttech.uucp> <1992Sep10.194733.8001@boole.uucp>
  8. Sender: desj@idacrd.UUCP
  9. Organization: IDA Center for Communications Research, Princeton
  10. Lines: 11
  11.  
  12. John Ahlstrom <John@boole.uucp> writes:
  13. > Seymour Cray has gone into great detail about the new (cooling)
  14. > technology that was required to be "invented on the spot by the
  15. > construction engineers" for the Cray 1.  He was not forced to change
  16. > careers.
  17.  
  18. Isn't it the case that he was forced to start and run a new company in
  19. order to build it, because CDC didn't have the sense to do so?  Sounds
  20. like a pretty substantial career change to me.
  21.  
  22.                                         David desJardins
  23.