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A comment on George Dyson's continued downplaying of British computing efforts is tiresome. Parent comment

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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