Be a Great Boss: The Hill Collection (4 Items)

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“Desperation made this seem possible,” said Brandeau later. “We all

knew there were big potential problems. None of us could recall ever buy-

ing any equipment that worked right out of the box. Everything needed

modifying and configuring, which we knew we could do, but the question

was time. Would we have enough time?”

The trucks from Disney Animation arrived Friday, and people worked

through Saturday unloading, installing, cabling, and powering a thousand

processors. It was no small task. Each server containing multiple CPUs

weighed upward of forty pounds, a total of four or five tons of equipment,

which meant a very long day for the small systems crew doing the work.

While the computers were being physically installed, ...