On 15 Nov 2001, Iggy Drougge wrote:
Dan Linder skrev:
Just announced on /., the venerable HP3000 line
will join HP calculators
in HP's new "we don't want to do cool stuff anymore" business model.
But was the HP-3000 really cool? I know nothing at all about the system, apart
from that it's a business-oriented mainframe or mini range.
Well, Eric called MPE "odd", and in my book, anything "odd" in
computers
is pretty darn cool. (Note that "cool" != "usable" | "nice"
| "smart" |
etc) :)
- Dan
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