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==Famous People at Convex==

Some famous names in [[Computing]] worked at Convex.

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

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

* [[Tom 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 cluster|cluster computers]].

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

* [[Craig Warner|'''[[Craig Warner]]''']] Now a R&D Engineer at HP.

==References==