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Re: RIP Gordon Bell

From =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?=@21:1/5 to Craig A. Berry on Tue May 21 18:46:37 2024

On 5/21/2024 6:19 PM, Craig A. Berry wrote:

<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89/>

I am a little curious about the division of work at DEC back then.

Was Bell and Strecker running the HW side (VAX) while Gourd,
Cutler, Hustvedt and Lipman was running the OS side (VMS)?

Arne

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From Craig A. Berry@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 21 17:19:56 2024

<https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gordon-bell-an-architect-of-our-digital-age-dies-at-age-89/>

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