On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 10:48:00 -0500 Dave Jones said: >Slightly off topic.....three things happened in April 1964 to make it a >rather remarkable month, imho: > >1) IBM introduced the System/360, as Jim has reminded us. >2) Ford introduced the Ford Mustang (April 17) >and >3) Stanley Kubrick had lunch with Arthur C. Clarke at Tavern on the >Green in NYC to discuss the possibility of making the "definitive >science fiction movie".....the result was "2001: A Space Odyssey". > >And all three of these events still have relevance 45 years later.
And before someone comments and HAL and IBM, read Clarke's comments about that available many places, but one place is at: http://www.2001halslegacy.com/interviews/clarke.html > >Jim Elliott wrote: >> Today, April 7th is the 45 anniversary of the announcement of >> System 360. In celebration, I have updated my History of the >> Mainframe presentation and posted it on my web site on the >> events page. >> >> http://ibm.com/vm/devpages/jelliott >> >> Jim > >-- >Dave Jones >V/Soft >www.vsoft-software.com >Houston, TX >281.578.7544
