Tom Lyon ✅

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UNIX Greybeard; sun!pugs; Student of History; Technology Storyteller; Programmer since 1967.
Founder - Ipsilon Networks(→ Nokia), Netillion(→ ⏚), Nuova Systems(→ Cisco), DriveScale(→ Twitter)

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Bloghttps://akapugs.blog/2022/11/10/mastodon/
Show threadTom Lyon ✅1d ago
By the way, I know Foxconn pretty well; they were the first investors in DriveScale.
I don't know any of the people mentioned in the book.
They come off in the book as financially and politically opportunistic, but the real blames lies with the politicians and the consultants surrounding them.
Tom Lyon ✅1d ago

Good book from 2021 about how the huge public/private infrastructure deals are usually just short term gain for politicians and long term financial pain for the affected communities.

Think about all the BS AI infrastructure deals recently announced.

Tom Lyon ✅1d ago

Excellent takedown of the AI data center hype.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-industry-is-lying-to-you/

The AI Industry Is Lying To You

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Tom Lyon ✅2d ago
Today! 25th anniversary of MacOS X!
Tom Lyon ✅Mar 17

My latest talk, from Cloud Field Day 25 - "The Rise and Fall of the Cloud - Again!"

https://techfieldday.com/appearance/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-cloud-again/

#CFD25 #TechFieldDay

Tom Lyon ✅Mar 13
OTD 1992: Silicon Graphics announces acquisition of MIPS, Inc.
https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/13/business/silicon-graphics-to-buy-mips-for-406.1-million.html
Silicon Graphics to Buy MIPS for $406.1 Million

The New York Times
Tom Lyon ✅Mar 13
OTD 1986: Microsoft goes public. Only 9 days after Sun Microsystems.
Tom Lyon ✅Mar 13
OTD 1996 (30 years!): The Nokia 9000 "Communicator" - clamshell smart phone.
Tom Lyon ✅Mar 12

Fresh scan: "The UNIX System - a Sun Microsystems Technical Report" (1985)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dW6l6cFAiqTKj3bmTulynKQuOHeHMx0u/view?usp=sharing

Tom Lyon ✅Mar 12

OTD 1989: Tim Berners-Lee proposal for the World WIde Web: https://www.w3.org/History/1989/proposal.html

He's got a new book out: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374612467/thisisforeveryone/

The original proposal of the WWW, HTMLized