10 Oct
2016
10 Oct
'16
1:03 p.m.
On 10/10/2016 11:32 AM, Geoffrey Oltmans wrote:
Apologies for saying this, but it almost sounds like
to me that you
are validating their "no mainframe programmers wanted" stance. ;)
Not really--it seems to me that a great deal of early work with
microprocessors was successfully done by mainframe people.
No, I think that Nolan Bushnell was repulsed by the high level of
organization in the mainframe business and wanted more of a "bootleg"
software operation; i.e. not products that would last for years.
It was a bit ironic, because most of those feeding quarters into the
racecar game machine at Andy Capp's were, in fact, mainframe people.
--Chuck