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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by empath75 on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:10PM (#17308157)
Her dad was also the subject of the book: ‘the soul of a new machine’
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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by DrScump on Thursday June 14, 2018 @02:46AM (#17309824)
Do you mean that he was at Data General at the time?

The subject of the book was the machine itself (the so-called "bag on the side of the Eclipse", IIRC).

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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by grkvlt on Thursday June 14, 2018 @09:20AM (#17311448)
I assume he is Tom West, the leader of the team that developed the machine...
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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by empath75 on Thursday June 14, 2018 @08:11AM (#17311018)
> Do you mean that he was at Data General at the time?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_West

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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by russh on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:46PM (#17308347)
"The soul of a new machine" is one of most interesting books I've ever read.
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Re:Librarian wins surprise judgement against Equifax in smal... by branchless on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @08:12PM (#17308165)
A really great book, very entertaining and interesting.
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