terry@onfcanim.UUCP (02/12/87)
I think readers of this group will be interested in the following from mod.risks (RISKS DIGEST 4.46): ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: 4 Feb 1987 17:27:55-EST From: Pavel.pa@Xerox.COM@MIT-CCC Date: 4 Feb 87 13:48 PST Subject: Recursive risks in computer design To: info-cobol@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU ReSent-To: RISKS@CSL.SRI.COM [via Geoff@CSL.SRI.COM and PGN] Date: Tue, 3 Feb 87 16:27:34 PST Sender: Swinehart.pa From: McCullough.pa Subject: Praise or attack? To: Whimsy^.x Open-Apple, Feb '87 mentions a Wall Street Journal article... Recently, Apple Computer Inc. purchased a $14.5 [million] Cray Research supercomputer to aid in the design of their next-generation Apple computers. John Rollwagen, Cray Research Inc. chief executive, told Seymour Cray about how Apple was using their newly purchased Cray supercomputer. "There was a pause on the other end of the line, and Seymour said `That's interesting, because I'm designing the next Cray with an Apple.'"