Re: Best Quote on Computer Architecture?

Rob Warnock wrote:

"Simplicity, then add lightness"
-- William B. Stout, Ford Motor Company
(Formerly Stout Metal Airplane Company)

I've seen Stout quoted as saying, "Simplicate, then add lightness".

And a perhaps apocryphal quote from Cray just before leaving CDC, "you don't know your wood either!" to a visiting VP.

- Erik
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  • Re: Best Quote on Computer Architecture?
    ... A possibly apocryphal Chapman story; ... "Simplicity, then add lightness" ... -- William B. Stout, Ford Motor Company ... (Formerly Stout Metal Airplane Company) ...
    (comp.arch)
  • Re: Best Quote on Computer Architecture?
    ... A possibly apocryphal Chapman story; ... "Simplicity, then add lightness" ... -- William B. Stout, Ford Motor Company ... (Formerly Stout Metal Airplane Company) ...
    (comp.arch)
  • Re: Best Quote on Computer Architecture?
    ... "Simplify and add lightness" ... "Simplicity, then add lightness" ... -- William B. Stout, Ford Motor Company ... (Formerly Stout Metal Airplane Company) ...
    (comp.arch)