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We're Hosed. -- Next, Inc.'s Steve Jobs Said After Workstations Running A Demo Program Crashed At The SPA Symposium.
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We're hosed.
-- Next, Inc.'s Steve Jobs said after workstations running a demo program
crashed at the SPA symposium.
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It just works, right out of the box!" -- The AI Hackers Dictionary...