8 Apr
2013
8 Apr
'13
4:44 a.m.
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2013 10:16:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Fred Cisin <cisin at xenosoft.com>
Ken Olsen (DEC) once said that there was only need for half a dozen. So
long as there is still need for half a dozen, then it ain't dead!
--- It sounds like you are referring to the quote which is attributed to Howard Aiken (NOT
Ken Olsen): "Only six electronic digital computers would be required to satisfy the
computing needs of the entire United States."
(Aiken was also known for such prescient positions as being religiously opposed to storing
instructions and data in the same memory space.)
Steve L.