Newsgroups: comp.arch Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: In defense of the VAX Message-ID: <1989Feb23.181322.10311@utzoo.uucp> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: <4592@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> <638@m3.mfci.UUCP> <11037@tekecs.TEK.COM> <653@m3.mfci.UUCP> <2066@pembina.UUCP> Date: Thu, 23 Feb 89 18:13:22 GMT In article <2066@pembina.UUCP> cdshaw@pembina.UUCP (Chris Shaw) writes: >... it's a grave mistake to judge >the "inner quality" of yesterday's engineering by today's standards, >especially in a field that moves as fast as this one... Some of us, actually, had a low opinion of the VAX not long after it was announced. My first reaction on seeing the details was "great" but on reflection I changed it to "this is much too complicated". -- The Earth is our mother; | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology our nine months are up. | uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu