[SLL] Information Week: Greatest Software Ever Written ;)

Chuck Wolber chuckw at quantumlinux.com
Tue Aug 29 08:42:56 PDT 2006


On Mon, 28 Aug 2006, Bill Campbell wrote:

> In many respects OS 360 and IBM were very similar to the Microsoft of 
> today.  It required an army of support people to keep it running, it was 
> sold through board rooms using FUD, and the world at large thought it 
> was great because they didn't know any better.

Sounds a lot like the way politicians are elected... The world is just a 
giant fractal...

..Chuck..


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