Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/03/20

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Subject: [Leica] First computer
From: reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid)
Date: Tue Mar 20 11:22:15 2007
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Speaking of early computers, today's NYT carried the obit of one of the 
greats of the early days of computing, John Backus.

It contains a great portrait of him, probably not shot with a Leica.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/business/20backus.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin
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