Mac and supercomputing quote

When Seymour [Cray] was told that Apple bought a Cray to design the next Mac, he retorted:

“I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.”

(Source: http://www.advantagebusinessmedia.com/ims/SC/SC168_SC11InnovatorSeries7_Cray_Jobs/SC168_SC11InnovSeries7_Cray_Jobs_Full.htm )



Two more (plus a different interpretation of the above), different source:


"If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?"
          --Seymour Cray (1925-1996), father of supercomputing


"#3 pencils and quadrille pads."
          -- Seymour Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the grid lines were not so dominant.


"Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray."
          -- Seymour Cray (1925-1996) when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac.


Source: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~robins/quotes.html


--GG