In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge a log, they didn't try to grow a larger ox. We shouldn't be trying for bigger computers, but for more systems of computers.
Computer programming pioneer
Analogy explaining the need for distributed computing systems rather than just larger single computers.
1987 (OCLC Newsletter, March/April)
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