On Apr 6, 2006, at 5:23 PM, Ian Joyner wrote:
Oooh. Ian, you're bringing back fond memories. I only wish I'd
spent more time with the B5000 series and less time with the
Burroughs' sales staff. :-)
Arrrrrrgh, now that's twisting the knife. The Burroughs' Sales
Prevention Force was what it was known as. The story was that they
would actually vet customers to see if they could provide a
suitable environment to put the machine in. Another story about
Edsger Dijkstra was that when he was in the plant at Pasadena saw
how fast the B5000 could compile ALGOL (in seconds) that he wanted
three for his university in Eindhoven. Then CEO Ray McDonald put a
stop to that because he did not want to set up a support centre in
Europe.
"The Burroughs Sales Force later moved to Apple where they are in
charge of marketing WebObjects."
:-P
Chuck
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