Re: Poll: Who works for the Semiconductor industry?

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

David Schmenk wrote:

> Dang, I don't have any cool "I used an Apple II to design GPUs" story 
> but when I worked at Compaq in the late 80's, Randy Spurlock, the author 
> of one of the first Apple II emulators for the PC, worked a couple of 
> office doors down.  I would find him working on it in the middle of the 
> day.  I don't think he works there anymore :-)
>
> As a side note to Michael, I heard from one of my old coworkers from 
> Compaq (not Randy) who is now an HP fellow.  Hmmmm.  I definitely didn't 
> see that in his future.

It's good to hear that technical excellence was rewarded in the merger.
This is a surprisingly rare occurrence, since "R&D organizations repel
one another." (Mahon's Law #8).

-michael

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