Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!amdahl!mat From: mat@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Mike Taylor) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: IBM Stretch Message-ID: <98Op5c6gHi1010Efadw@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> Date: 16 Jul 88 00:13:22 GMT References: <28200172@urbsdc> <11458@steinmetz.ge.com> <4480@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <431@buengc.BU.EDU> Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA Lines: 15 In article <431@buengc.BU.EDU>, art@buengc.BU.EDU (A. R. Thompson) writes: > When Gene Amdahl first proposed his high speed box idea he was with IBM. > They rejected the idea on the grounds you state. He then said he would do > it on his own. The brass tried to stop on the grounds they thought he > would fail, and they liked him too much to see him go down the tubes. > Amdahl tells the story of one of the bigshots putting his arm around him > and begging him not to ruin his career. Well, he took the chance and the > rest is history. Frank Cary, then chairman of IBM, sent a telegram to Gene on the shipment of the 100th. 470 system which read (roughly): "OK, Gene, you have made your point. You can stop now and come back." -- Mike Taylor ...!{hplabs,amdcad,sun}!amdahl!mat [ This may not reflect my opinion, let alone anyone else's. ]