> The project originated in an initiative within the hi-fi manufacturer Linn Products to improve its manufacturing automation systems, which at the time ran on a DEC VAX minicomputer. This resulted in the design of Lingo, an object-oriented programming language derived from Smalltalk and ALGOL. Due to the poor performance of Lingo on the VAX, a subsidiary company, Linn Smart Computing Ltd., was formed to develop a new processor to efficiently run Lingo.
This brought to mind the J. Lyons & Co. (a 1950s UK restaurant chain and food manufacturer) who built the LEO computer [1] to run their own business, and ended-up manufacturing them as the first computer designed for business use. A big departure from their main business.
This brought to mind the J. Lyons & Co. (a 1950s UK restaurant chain and food manufacturer) who built the LEO computer [1] to run their own business, and ended-up manufacturing them as the first computer designed for business use. A big departure from their main business.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEO_(computer)