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From: urjlew@ecsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Steve Chen resigning (was Re: Cray Research walkout)
Message-ID: <3957@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 2-Oct-87 17:54:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: ecsvax.3957
Posted: Fri Oct  2 17:54:30 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 3-Oct-87 10:29:37 EDT
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Summary: Why Amdahl left IBM


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In article <2956@ames.arpa>, fouts@orville.nas.nasa.gov (Marty Fouts) writes:
> According to a Cray press release, Chen's project was taking more
> money than Cray was willing to pay.  This is not an unusuall business
> decision.  Ask Dr. Amdahl why he left IBM sometime.
> 

Earlier this summer, Dr. Amdahl was asked this question at a lecture
given at TUCC (Triangle Universities Computing Center), the 
(UNC) Chapel Hill - (NCSU) Raleigh - (Duke) Durham North Carolina
joint computing facility. He said that he left IBM because of a
conflict of interest situation. It seems that he became an official
in a competing? computer company and was called up for it. He had
to make a choice. 
The rest is history.
  
Disclaimer: The responsibility for writing this is mine. I hope
it doesn't offend anyone.

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  Reply-To:  Rostyslaw Jarema Lewyckyj
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