IBM Engineers

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Wed Apr 7 20:01:11 2004

>>>>> "Tony" == Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk> writes:

>> Its the same for every tech profession, nobody wants to get their
>> hands
 Tony> s/nobody/nobody except ARD/

 Tony> :-)

>> dirty learning the basics. Everything it taught by computer
>> simulations where the user has no clue what is really going on at
>> the basic level

 Tony> I remember a quote attributed to I.K. Brunell : 'Any third-rate
 Tony> engineer can make a complicated device more complicated. It
 Tony> takes a genius to go back to first principles'.

That certainly explains the difference between the CDC 6600 and the
IBM 360.

    paul
Received on Wed Apr 07 2004 - 20:01:11 BST