On 1/4/22 9:40 AM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 1/4/22 12:14 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Seymour Cray, along with Bill Norris and Jim
Thornton and
others left Remington Rand/UNIVAC after Rand bought the
near-bankrupt ERA. Apparently, the work environment at
Rand was felt to be stifling. Norris had all of the Navy
connections and was a great marketer, so bringing some of
Rand's engineering talent along was a natural.
Interesting.
I guess I thought that since Seymour left CDC to form Cray
Research, that meant that he was more of an employee at
CDC and had less influence on how it operated as a
company.? I would have assumed that someone that was a
founder would have had more influence and tried to improve
things before splitting off and forming yet another new
company.
There are PLENTY of examples of the sole founder being
either forced out by the board or shunted aside.
See James Ryder or Alan Shugart, who both were forced out,
sued to prevent them from using their own names, but then
went into competition with their old companies and ran them
out of business.
Jon