From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: pechter@gmail.com (William Pechter) Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 17:44:15 -0500 Subject: [TUHS] Names of famous, historical UNIX machines? In-Reply-To: References: <20170201212040.C273118C0DD@mercury.lcs.mit.edu> <20170201221112.GI880@mcvoy.com> Message-ID: One of the best things about DEC was the lack of taking itself too seriously. 11/730 product announcement for the Solar Horologue... See the above in Google and Slashdot. Wish I had a pdf to post. Bill -----Original Message----- From: Clem Cole To: Larry McVoy Cc: TUHS main list , Noel Chiappa Sent: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:28 Subject: Re: [TUHS] Names of famous, historical UNIX machines? On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:11 PM, Larry McVoy wrote: > I visited Portland and Santa Clara and I have never > seen a more grey cubicle farm in my life. > ​I don't remember which comic it was, but about 8-10 years ago one the late night comedy guys brought a film crew to SC and made that same exact observation.​ While Intel does do many things well, this one is part of company culture and I'm not in a position to change it. I wish I could. I think the place would be a small bit happier if it did not take itself quite so seriously, but that's just my personal opinion. As the late Roger Gourd used to say: *"Bring me to a sacred cow, and I'll start up the sacred bbq." ;-) *