Re: Second Sight

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Laine Houghton replied:

<I wrote>

>> Interesting observation...  Actually, I'm a hardware-software guy--a
computer
>> architect.  I certainly appreciate the notion of virtualizing an
architecture.
>>
>> I also really appreciate these older systems because they are "frozen
>> in time", and that makes doing things with them an exercise in finesse,
>> or "resource-constrained" programming (which I, personally, love).
>
>Michael,
>Wondered if you caught this piece of news.
>
>http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030328S0035
>
>Michael Swaine did a particularly nice piece on the guy but I can't pull up
>a link.

I had heard about Adam, but had not seen this particular story,
which provides the context for the industry term "Osborne effect"
(in which a pre-announcement of an unavailable new product
tanks the sales of a currently shipping product).

I don't recall seeing Michael Swaine's article, but will look for it.

-michael

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