14 points | by mooreds 12 hours ago ago
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Interesting to note the question had the answer all along. How would a modest effort outrun a vast organisation?
I never imagined he’d be caught by that mistake.
Cray's reply was sardonic: "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_6600
He wasn't. The CDC 6600 cost IBM some prestige, but it didn't put a dent in IBM's sales, which were about to skyrocket due to the 360 series.
6600
I used CDC computers 1986-92. They sucked, and CDC employees could not comprehend that they sucked. They had convinced themselves that their alternate universe was real.
That was many, many years after Cray had left. By the 80s, CDC was a shell of its former self.
Interesting to note the question had the answer all along. How would a modest effort outrun a vast organisation?
I never imagined he’d be caught by that mistake.
Cray's reply was sardonic: "It seems like Mr. Watson has answered his own question."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CDC_6600
He wasn't. The CDC 6600 cost IBM some prestige, but it didn't put a dent in IBM's sales, which were about to skyrocket due to the 360 series.
6600
I used CDC computers 1986-92. They sucked, and CDC employees could not comprehend that they sucked. They had convinced themselves that their alternate universe was real.
That was many, many years after Cray had left. By the 80s, CDC was a shell of its former self.