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- From: barnett@convex.com (Paul Barnett)
- Subject: Re: Old Prediction from 1988
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- Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 16:46:27 GMT
- References: <1992Nov13.152301.20527@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1e0l5aINNc40@early-bird.think.com>
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- In <1e0l5aINNc40@early-bird.think.com> sandee@Think.COM (Daan Sandee) writes:
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- >|> I also noted in this issue that the Cray-3 was "due to be released in 1989."
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- >In this case, whatever Chen actually said, he was wrong.
-
- And so were a lot of other people. As early as 1985, the industry was
- making plans based on this assumption, which presumably originated at
- Cray.
-
- Chen's only mistake was believing it.
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