[121675] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Using /126 for IPv6 router links
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Sun Jan 24 11:04:44 2010
To: Larry Sheldon <LarrySheldon@cox.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:04:31 CST."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:03:56 -0500
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:04:31 CST, Larry Sheldon said:
> I remember a day when 18 was the largest number of computers that would
> ever be needed.
First off, it was 5, not 18. :)
Second, there's not much evidence that TJ Watson actually said it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Watson#Famous_misquote
Third, given that IBM had already been shipping accounting units with limited
plugboard programmability (the model 405) for almost a decade at that point,
it's reasonable to conclude that TJ was intentionally and specifically talking
about high-end "if you have to ask you can't afford it" systems. And if you
look at the Top500 list now, 65 years years later, it's still true - there's
always 2-5 boxes that are *way* out in front, then a cluster in spots 5-20 or
so, and then a *really* long tail on the way down to #500.
http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/vintage/vintage_4506VV4006.html
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