29 May
2011
29 May
'11
8:54 a.m.
On 29 May 2011 at 10:20, William Donzelli wrote:
The Transputer story reflects the whole MPP industry
of the 1980s -
lots of neat ideas, and lots of "close, but no cigars". Meiko, Convex
Exemplar, Thinking Machines, Maspar. Lots of what we learned falls
into "what not to do" territory.
Add to that Evans and Sutherland. Though they managed to hang on as
a company by recognizing their weaknesses.
--Chuck