George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing efforts is tiresome

Re:George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing... by jgrahamc on Thursday March 08, 2012 @06:08AM (#3679334)

I think you are talking about James Dyson not George Dyson.

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Re:George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing... by arethuza on Thursday March 08, 2012 @06:17AM (#3679361)

Apologies - silly me, should engage brain before posting.

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Re:George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing... by shasta on Thursday March 08, 2012 @09:30AM (#3679803)

By the time James invented the vacuum tube that never loses suction, the transistor had already largely taken over that role in computing.

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Re:George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing... by kjjw on Thursday March 08, 2012 @06:10AM (#3679338)

Wrong Dyson. Science historians aren't often billionaires.

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