CHIASSON@drea-xx.arpa (02/13/87)
From RISKS on the bulletin board (Monday, 8 Feb. 1987, Vol. 4 #46): ... Date: 4 Feb 1987 17:27:55-EST From: Pavel.pa@Xerox.COM@MIT-CCC ... Subject: Recursive risks in computer design Open-Apple, Feb '87 mentions a Wall Street Journal article... Recently, Apple Computer Inc. purchased a $14.5 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.'" -------
roberts@icst-ecf.arpa (02/14/87)
> Open-Apple, Feb '87 mentions a Wall Street Journal article... > Recently, Apple Computer Inc. purchased a $14.5 Cray Research supercomputer > to aid in the design of their next-generation Apple computers. Those big corporations get all the price breaks! ------