Posts by wvc

Tim Apple. Larry Oracle. Ginni Layoffs: It works so why the heck not?

Jennifer Government

To see a world where everyone has these last names, check out the novel Jennifer Government, by Max Barry.

Google gives its $1m Turing prize to, er, top Google bods: RISC men Hennessy, Patterson

Well deserved

I've never met John Hennessy, but I did work on one of Dave Patterson's projects at Berkeley in the 80s. You couldn't imagine a nicer, more inspiring guy.