On 2/1/2012 3:57 PM, Michael A. Terrell wrote:
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I worked on the hardware side, where coming in on time and on budget
was the norm....

That's 'cuz we software guys had to wait until there was something to
actually work on (or build complete emulators including timing and
builtin bug^h^h^features of the underlying fabbed hdwe) and generally
had to make up in software patches for all the oversights or troubles in
the delivered hardware...

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