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DATA GENERAL MAY ACQUIRE LISP MACHINES
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Data General Corp. said yesterday that it will hire Lisp
Machines Corp. president Ward D. MacKenzie and is considering
buying the company.
On Monday, Lisp Machines, a seven-year-old artificial
intelligence hardware and software company based in Lowell, filed
for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It listed more than $16
million in liabilities and assets of about $7.4 million.
Included as an asset was Ward MacKenzie's employment contract
that expires at the end of June. Da...
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DATA GENERAL MAY ACQUIRE LISP MACHINES
The Boston Globe
; Data General Corp. said yesterday that it will hire Lisp Machines Corp. president Ward D. MacKenzie and is considering buying the company. On Monday, Lisp Machines, a seven-year-old artificial intelligence hardware and software company based in Lowell, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It
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LISP MACHINES FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY
The Boston Globe
; Lowell - ased Lisp Machines Corp., after raising nearly $40 million in venture capital financing including funds from Raytheon Co., General Signal Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc., filed for bankruptcy protection late Monday afternoon in Federal Bankruptcy Court. "We are operating under Chapter 11
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DISC TECHNOLOGY SHUFFLE
The Boston Globe
; BILLERICA - Disc Technology Corp. said Patrick H. Kareiva has been named president, chief executive officer, treasurer and a director. Kareiva previously was president of LISP Machines Inc. of Lowell and Electronic Protection Devices Inc. of Billerica. Ronald D. Weiss, who had been acting president
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AI calls for seasoned experts. (artificial intelligence) (includes related article on government support)
EDN
; AI calls for seasoned experts Things have changed in the commercial artificial-intelligence (AI) game. Whereas AI development used to take place only on expensive Lisp machines, now AI programming houses and mainstream companies with active AI programs are moving their development work to more
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Advanced Propylene Company (APPC) - Initial Equity Research
Al Bawaba
; Global Investment House Kuwait Advanced Propylene Company Initial Research Report-Advanced Polypropylene Company (APPC) was established as a joint stock company in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 1st October 2005. The principle activity of the Company is the manufacturing of Polypropylene. The
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AI ALLEY'S LONGEST WINTER
The Boston Globe
; Around Kendall Square there won't be many bonus checks this holiday season. Most of the dozen or so companies building products using artificial intelligence technology are swimming in red ink. Some have reshuffled top management and incurred big layoffs. Most have downsized their operations and
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POWER TO THE PROGRAMMER
The Boston Globe
; ... periodically bestows upon batches of creative and often obscure people. "Oh, sure," Stallman mused to himself upon hearing the news. "So long as I drive to New Hampshire and look at some condos." After he realized that the prize didn't involve inspecting real ...
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Getting answers to questions.
KMWorld
; Most knowledge sharing and search tools provide results, not answers, when queried. There is one exception: Expert systems, based on artificial intelligence technology, can intelligently provide answers that can then be used to solve problems. History will record that the artificial intelligence
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TOP OFFICERS STEP DOWN AT SYMBOLICS
The Boston Globe
; In a stunning executive shakeup, Symbolics Inc., the ailing Cambridge-based maker of computer systems for artificial intelligence applications, yesterday announced that its chief executive officer and chief operating officer have resigned. Russell Noftsker, who founded the company along with 13
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THE GIGAMOS AFFAIR
The Boston Globe
; Our story begins in 1986, when a Japanese zillionaire named Takayuki Tsuru met up with Canadian computer entrepreneur Guy Montpetit. Among other accomplishments, Montpetit had created a company to commercialize Logo, the popular children's computer program written by MIT's Seymour Papert. But now
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