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The Rise and Fall of Thinking Machines (1995)

98 点作者 cr4zy超过 12 年前

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damian2000超过 12 年前
This could be any number of dot bombs from the late 90s, however its still incredible...<p>- Insisted that each office be painted a different and specific color.<p>- Huge open spaces were created to stimulate idea sharing and creativity.<p>- A plush cafeteria was put in, complete with a gourmet chef.<p>- Couches were scattered throughout the offices so that researchers could take naps or even sleep there overnight, which many of them did.<p>- The soft-drink machine was wired to a terminal. Researchers who wanted a drink simply typed in their choice.<p>- Commuting in an antique fire engine.<p>- Handler had every surface on the new floor repainted a slightly different shade of mauve. When it was done, she wasn't satisfied. So she had her researchers and scientists paint it again.<p>- An enormous marble archway installed in the atrium<p>- She commissioned a $40,000 logo design for a CM-5 sweatshirt and then rejected it.<p>- While the company was sinking, she focused her attention on putting out a cookbook with recipes from the company's now-infamous cafeteria.
JL2010超过 12 年前
Tangentially related: <a href="http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine/" rel="nofollow">http://longnow.org/essays/richard-feynman-connection-machine...</a><p>An account of Richard Feynman's time at the company.
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jordanb超过 12 年前
The ostentatious stuff was par for the course for the 90s. Thinking Machines, like SGI, had a profitable market but was horribly run and found it impossible to transition from a research project to a company. OTOH, Sun Microsystems executed brilliantly but was killed a decade later by the commoditization of HPC.
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flomo超过 12 年前
Unfortunately, no pictures: <a href="http://images.google.com/search?q=thinking+machines&#38;hl=en&#38;tbo=u&#38;tbm=isch&#38;source=univ&#38;sa=X" rel="nofollow">http://images.google.com/search?q=thinking+machines&#38;hl=e...</a><p>(I have nothing to add other than they looked amazing, in that 1980s way.)
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