Grace Hopper — "In pioneer days they used oxen for heavy pulling, and when one ox couldn't budge…"

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.
Grace Hopper — Grace Hopper Modern · Computer programming pioneer

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Analogy explaining the need for distributed computing systems rather than just larger single computers.

Date: 1987 (OCLC Newsletter, March/April)

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