Yeah..., and based on their propensity to trumpet Windoze, we may be in for a world of hurt.
On Mon May 19 13:26 , john gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: >Burks was the the last co-author, with von Neumann and Goldstine, of the first >and still relevant programming-techniques paper; he also edited von Neumann's >seminal (but unfinished) paper on self-reproducing machines for publication, >extending the notion of reproduction to the inorganic. > >The heroic generation has all but disappeared. Perhaps inevitably but sadly, >we are left with the epigoni of their epigoni.John GilmoreAshland, MA >01721-1817USA >_________________________________________________________________ >E-mail for the greater good. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. >http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx\?source=EML_WL_ GreaterGood >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html