[rescue] Rescue of a life-time.. or the year at the very least.

[Phil Stracchino]

On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 10:05:01AM -0500, Mike Parson wrote:
> This was covered in "The Soul of a New Machine" by Tracy Kidder.
> 
> It's been a a while since I read it, but from what I remember, it wasn't
> even that devious, the DG guys saw the VAX at a convention and being the
> geeks they were, pulled the sides off and started poking around, until
> the DEC guys figured out who they were and asked them to leave.

I could easily have forgotten the details.  I only got to read excerpts
from it myself.


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