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Re: SYMBOLICS LISP MACHINE

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From: Mike McDonald
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:00
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>From: "Bruce R Miller" <miller@cam.nist.gov>
>Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 15:56:50 -0400
>To: Mike McDonald <mikemac@mikemac.com>, reti@wilson.ai.mit.edu
>Subject: Re: SYMBOLICS LISP MACHINE
>
>On Jul 1, 12:27pm, Mike McDonald wrote:
>> Subject: Re: SYMBOLICS LISP MACHINE
>> [...] Maybe if Symbolics allowed and
>> encouraged their fans to help, maybe some of them would. Symbolics'
>> attitude has always seemed to be "It's my ball and none of the rest of
>> you can play with it." That's perfectly within your rights but it
>> doesn't build much of a support base.
>
>Dare one even evoke that _other_ MIT spawned philosophy of such things?

  Wasn't that other MIT philosophy spawned as a direct result of
Symbolics' philosophy? :-)

  Mike McDonald
  mikemac@mikemac.com
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From: Mike McDonald <mikemac@mikemac.com>
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