The value of assembler language programmers [was RE: Algol vs Fortran was RE: VHDL vs Verilog]

Wed Feb 10 16:06:59 CST 2010

On 10 Feb 2010 at 16:56, Ethan Dicks wrote:

> I'm pretty sure it was David Sarnoff of RCA, but I don't have any
> scholarly references to back that up.

See:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson

under "Famous Misquote".

I don't think that General Sarnoff would have recognized a computer 
if it fell on him.  His specialty was stealing IP.

--Chuck