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I got a yen for time :-)
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:05:20 -0500
Maybe we should send a copy to the guy in texas. Posted-Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 19:55:18 -0500 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 94 15:08:02 PST From: chuck () myri com (Charles L. Seitz) To: farber () central cis upenn edu Subject: Re: The last time I saw this idea was back in the 60s for main frame time. Wonder if the researcher even referenced it -- bet not Right, Dave. Ivan Sutherland wrote one such paper, whose title was something like "A free market for computer time." While working part-time for Ivan at Harvard in the late 60s while I was grad student at MIT, I used to bid for computer time. The bidding units were called "yen," on the basis that "if you had a "yen" to use the computer... --Chuck
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