@laurel @FailurePersonified @rher

> fourmilab.ch

John Walker is a really cool guy.

> It's been difficult to find quality sources for the development of this industry.

Absolutely. You get pieces here or there, but it's easier to get the history of computers themselves rather than the businesses.

This is one of my favorite interviews. It's about the founding of Control Data and then Cray: https://americanhistory.si.edu/comphist/cray.htm . It's mostly about Cray but he talks a lot about starting the companies up, including how they sold shares.