What a fascinating man! These are the kind of things that are extremely interesting, but strangely are rarely heard about, which is most bizarre considering how huge the internet is nowadays
We switched from a small Honeywell (punched cards, batch) to small Dec (terminals, timesharing) in mid 1970s. The Honeywell salesmen went to our companies VP and told him "no one uses time sharing in a business environment" and cut their bid by 50$K but we still recommended and went with Dec.
What a fascinating man! These are the kind of things that are extremely interesting, but strangely are rarely heard about, which is most bizarre considering how huge the internet is nowadays
We switched from a small Honeywell (punched cards, batch) to small Dec (terminals, timesharing) in mid 1970s. The Honeywell salesmen went to our companies VP and told him "no one uses time sharing in a business environment" and cut their bid by 50$K but we still recommended and went with Dec.
And he plays Civ 4... nice. Even the best of us are not immune to "one....more....turn...."
@kevinarmstrong Which details would you differ with Bob about? Thanks --todd
I am trying to get in touch with Robert Taylor? Does anyone have his email? Thank you.