Word: baalen
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...Harvard doesn't plan to make its contribution in the engineering side of computers," Marcus R. Van Baalen, a manager of data systems in the Office for Information Technology, said, adding, "Instead, we will make our move in the human factor side which is now in the dark ages...
Giving the computer the ability to communicate in the language of the user instead of that of the machine and improving computer displays are the two anticipated improvements, Van Baalen said, adding. "Who's in charge here anyway? We should not be slaves to the computers--they should be our servants...
...however, Harvard will leave the engineering of the new technologies to other schools like MIT and Stanford, which have done more work in the computer field than Harvard, according to Van Baalen. "We'll wait for [them] to build a better computer terminal and then we'll buy it off the shelf," he said...
...Harvard, what's good for the College is not always good for the Med School or the Business School," Van Baalen said...
...Marcus R. Van Baalen, manager of data systems...