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- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Path: sparky!uunet!boole!John
- From: John@boole.uucp (John Ahlstrom)
- Subject: Re: Computer architects forced to change careers. NOT!
- Message-ID: <1992Sep14.163243.19390@boole.uucp>
- Organization: Boole & Babbage, Inc.
- References: <1992Sep9.061933.28304@news.eng.convex.com> <1992Sep9.213319.7894@fasttech.uucp> <1992Sep10.194733.8001@boole.uucp> <1619@idacrd.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 16:32:43 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- In <1619@idacrd.UUCP> desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins) writes:
-
- >John Ahlstrom <John@boole.uucp> writes:
- >> Seymour Cray has gone into great detail about the new (cooling)
- >> technology that was required to be "invented on the spot by the
- >> construction engineers" for the Cray 1. He was not forced to change
- >> careers.
-
- >Isn't it the case that he was forced to start and run a new company in
- >order to build it, because CDC didn't have the sense to do so? Sounds
- >like a pretty substantial career change to me.
-
- > David desJardins
-
- I would distinguish between Career Change like becoming a pianist and
- company change.
-
- John Ahlstrom
-
- "I can neither confirm nor deny that these opinions are or are
- hot held by others
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