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␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬X846 Lathrop Drive
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧␈↓ ¬'Stanford, California 94305
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 321-7580␈↓ 
¬March 30, 1978




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Ms. A. Rose Liburdi
␈↓ ↓H␈↓General Electric Company
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Fair≡eld, Conn. 06431

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Ms. Liburdi:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        As␈αyou␈αmight␈αimagine,␈αthe␈αterms␈αproposed␈αin␈αyour␈αbooklet␈αare␈αnot␈αsatisfactory␈αto␈αus.␈α I␈αnote
␈↓ ↓H␈↓that␈α∞the␈α∞booklet␈α∞says␈α∞that␈α∞only␈α∞a␈α
Company␈α∞o≠cer␈α∞or␈α∞the␈α∞Company's␈α∞General␈α∞Patent␈α∞Counsel␈α
is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓authorized to modify them.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Let␈α∂me␈α∂suggest␈α∞that␈α∂you␈α∂look␈α∞into␈α∂the␈α∂question␈α∞of␈α∂whether␈α∂my␈α∞reputation␈α∂as␈α∂a␈α∞computer
␈↓ ↓H␈↓scientist␈α
or␈α
Dr.␈α
Hurd's␈αreputation␈α
as␈α
a␈α
business␈α
executive␈α(He␈α
was␈α
Manager␈α
of␈α
Data␈αProcessing␈α
for
␈↓ ↓H␈↓IBM␈α
when␈αit␈α
was␈αdeveloping␈α
its␈α
≡rst␈αcomputers␈α
and␈αhas␈α
been␈α
involved␈αin␈α
many␈αbusiness␈α
activities
␈↓ ↓H␈↓since.)␈α
are␈α
su≠cient␈α
to␈α
make␈αit␈α
worthwhile␈α
for␈α
a␈α
Company␈αo≠cer␈α
or␈α
the␈α
General␈α
Patent␈αCounsel␈α
to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓consider discussing our ideas on some basis that is more likely to be satisfactory to us.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy

␈↓ ↓H␈↓P.S.␈αI␈αam␈αProfessor␈αof␈αComputer␈αScience␈αat␈αStanford␈αbut␈αuse␈αmy␈αhome␈αaddress,␈αbecause␈αStanford
␈↓ ↓H␈↓University␈α
owns␈αno␈α
part␈αof␈α
this␈αidea.␈α
 I␈αam␈α
reasonably␈αwell␈α
known␈αamong␈α
computer␈α
scientists␈αin
␈↓ ↓H␈↓G.E., and you could begin your inquiries with Dr. Shuey.