It's an absolutely gripping story, and I believe a central one
certainly to the history of computers, if not to late 20th century
history in general. Nelson is a true visionary, and many PCP ideas
eerily mirror Xanadu. We've always been aware of his project, but
there's a lot of convergent evolution going on. And even though ours is
a scholarly project, and not a commercial one, I think there are a lot
of lessons for systems people in general, and us in particular, about
how these kinds of large, globally ambitious projects "live".
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