> Alan B Pearce wrote:
>> Max was a co-founder of Intel Corporation, and as such a person who shaped
>> the future of almost everyone on the planet.

> I think that is a bit over the top. In fact untrue.

Hours of endless fun ahead discussing what " ... shaped ..." means.

It seems undeniable (it always does :-) ) that the IBM PC and all its'
children and the processor family that it both nurtured and was
nurtured by had a significant role in where we are now and how we got
here. Without those two we may have better or faster computers, or
not, but they would  be very different ones.

I think it would be hard not to let Allan's original "shaped" stand.
We all have a bit of 'Intel inside', like it or not :-)


      R
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