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...strikes, Pompidou provided Frenchmen with an impressive demonstration under fire that he can do the job. There are indeed some indications that the French are tiring of De Gaulle. In the eleventh year of his Fifth Republic, a new slogan is being scrawled on walls and sidewalks in Paris: "Dix ans, ça suffit"-"Ten years, that's enough." There are widespread worries about France's weak economic position and the continued threat of the devaluation of the franc. Still, on evidence of the past record, it would be unwise tc bet against Charles de Gaulle until...
...David D. Dix, associate director of the Harvard Computing Center, called the present facilities "nearly inadequate." The machine room has had to house five major computers and cannot be properly air-conditioned, he said...
Because some undergraduate courses now require regular use of machine time, there is not enough space for computer users, Dix said. He added that the dispersal of offices makes it difficult for systems programmers, who write programs for fundamental computer operations, to communicate with those who work on specific problems...
...current cost for computer time is $165 per hour. Dix expects that the cost will be doubled or tripled. But the increased speed of processing should mean no added cost for the computer user...
...Dix predicted that there would be additional use of the computer because of "an enormous increase in storage capability." Dix said that the additional revenue from user fees should easily absorb the $70,000 per month leasing cost...