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...those lightning-fast machines used for everything from locating oil deposits to designing nuclear warheads. Not only had Cray seized nearly two-thirds of the world market for number crunchers in the $5 million- to-$25 million range, but it held exclusive license to sell any machine made by Seymour Cray, who is to supercomputers what Alexander Graham Bell was to the telephone...
...Cray and the company he founded have decided to go their separate ways. In an unexpected move, the firm announced last week that it was splitting into two rival entities: Cray Research, based in Minneapolis, and Cray Computer, based in Colorado Springs and headed by Seymour Cray. The new company, financed with $150 million in cash and equipment from its parent firm, will devote itself to developing the long-awaited Cray-3, a computer that will compete head on with the next generation of supermachines produced by Cray Research. "It's a stunning development," says Gary Smaby, an analyst with...
PUNISHMENT: President Derek C. Bok should announce a new policy of randomly lotterying Core professors out of their tenure track (or tenured) positions. Sorry, Seymour and Anna. Better luck next year...
...Gilbert and Arthur Seymour Sullivan...
While Kelly builds a celebrity clientele with the likes of Bette Davis, Paloma Picasso and Jane Seymour, he works hard to keep a high profile: off to a fashion-power AIDS banquet one night, to the opening of Regine's new nightclub another. The publicity game is paying off. Licensing negotiations for Kelly furs, sunglasses and jewelry are under way. The designer is looking for rental space to house a museum for his collection of 6,000 black dolls. Paris Match featured a six-page spread of Grace Jones posing in Kelly's clothes. Michael Douglas stopped by to chat...