Convex Computer: Difference between revisions

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* Co-founder [[Steve Wallach|'''Steve Wallach''']] is well-known for his work at Data General, Convex, and other companies.

* '''Brian Berliner''' developer of the current [[Concurrent Versions System]] is an ExCon.

* [[Tom_ChristiansenTom Christiansen|'''Tom Christiansen''']] of [[Perl]] fame worked at Convex in the Technical Assistance Center and then on a project called '''Convex Meta Series''', which was an attempt to create cheap [[Computer_clusterComputer cluster|cluster computers]].

* [[Dan_ConnollyDan Connolly|'''Dan Connolly''']] of [[HTML]] and [[W3C]] fame worked at Convex on the documentation tools team.

* '''Mark Lutz''' author of several [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]] books worked at Convex.

* '''Frank Marshall''' who led [[Cisco Systems]] to great success in the 1990s was VP of engineering at Convex during its peak years.

* [[Robert_Tappan_MorrisRobert Tappan Morris|'''Robert Morris''']] of [[Morris worm]] fame worked as a summer intern at Convex.

==References==

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*[http://www.ex-convex.org/ Convex ex-employees website]

*[http://www.tejasconsulting.com/newsletter/2003April-May.html#feature Long Live Convex]

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