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On 2024-07-22 3:05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:21:41 +0000, MitchAlsup1 wrote:
> 
>> IBM CEO said something to the effect:: How can a team of 24 people,
>> including the janitor, beat IBM ??
> 
>  From Watson’s memo:
> 
>      Last week Control Data had a press conference during which they
>      officially announced their 6600 system. I understand that in the
>      laboratory developing this system there are only 34 people,
>      including the janitor. Of these, 14 are engineers and 4 are
>      programmers, and only one person has a Ph.D., a relatively junior
>      programmer. Contrasting this modest effort with our own vast
>      development activities, I fail to understand why we have lost our
>      industry leadership position by letting someone else offer the
>      world’s most powerful computer.


Per Wikipedia, Cray's reply was sardonic: "It seems like Mr. Watson has 
answered his own question."