Harvard vs. vonNeuman

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Fri Oct 1 15:55:48 2004

Tom Jennings wrote:
> I think a lot of this discussion missed the point, that 'stored
> program' refers to what we (still) call HARDWARE.
>
> I'm not convinced that all that many people really know what a
> computer is (in Wittgenstein's direction) vs. what a computer
> DOES (in Bill Gates' eyes)!
>
Gates Computers = $$$
people You work on computers to make $$$
Classic users you make $$$ to collect computers
        
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