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Cray Co-Founder Coming To Microsoft

By Robert Scoble
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-11-25

I was just reading about a hiring frenzy at some startup down in Silicon Valley. Seems we have our own hiring frenzy going on.

Just hired Burton Smith, co-founder of Cray.

OK, enough about Microsoft. Let's get some non-GYM posts out there. Coming next.

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More from the news release:

SEATTLE, WA -- 11/25/2005 -- Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. today announced that co-founder and Chief Scientist Burton Smith will leave the company to assume a new role at Microsoft Corporation.

"As our Chief Scientist and an important leader of our research and development team, Burton has provided innovation and technical leadership to Cray for many years," said Cray president and CEO Peter Ungaro. "We are very proud of the enormous contributions Burton has made to the high performance computing marketplace, and look forward to seeing his ideas leveraged in the broader computing industry."

"I have truly enjoyed my long association with Cray and the opportunity to spend many years at the forefront of high performance computing," said Smith. "Although I am excited to pursue a new and very different opportunity at Microsoft, I will miss being part of this talented team and I wish Cray continued success."

Smith will leave Cray on December 7th, and has also resigned in his role as a Director of the company.

About the Author:
Robert Scoble is the founder of the Scobleizer blog. He works as PodTech.net's Vice President of Media Development.

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