David Caminer (1915-2008)
- From: john_w_gilmore@xxxxxxx (john gilmore)
- Date: 29 Jun 2008 07:27:30 -0700
The Lyons Corner Shops predeceased him, and David Caminer has now joined them.
One of the principal designers of LEO, the first business computer, he was a programmer of genius and an anomaly: Think, as a British obituary writer suggested, of McDonald's designing the Internet to get some notion of just how unprecedented his achievements were.
He is not nearly so well known outside the UK as he should be, and it is too bad that a spate of obituaries should be the occasion for putting an end to his obscurity elsewhere.John GilmoreAshland, MA 01721-1817USA
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