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Joseph Thomas West III (November 22, 1939 – May 19, 2011) was a technologist and the protagonist of the Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction book The Soul of a New Machine. West began his career in computer design at RCA, after seven years at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a job he'd gotten right out of college. He started working for Data General in 1974. He became the head of Data General's Eclipse group and then became the lead on the Eagle project, building a machine officially named the Eclipse MV/8000. After the publication of Soul of a New Machine, West was sent to Japan by Data General where he helped design DG-1, the first full-screen laptop. His last project in 1996, a thin Web server, was intended to be an internet-ready machine. West retired as Chief Technologist in 1

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rdfs:comment	ジョセフ・トーマス・トム・ウエストIII (Joseph Thomas "Tom" West III) (1939年11月22日 - 2011年5月19日) は、ピューリッツァー賞を受賞したノンフィクション「The Soul of a New Machine」(邦題: 超マシン誕生) の主人公である。ウエストは、データゼネラル社でハードウェア・エンジニアおよび副社長として働き、1998年に最高技術責任者として退職した。ウエストは、マサチューセッツ州ウェストポートの自宅で心臓発作のために71歳で死去した。彼の遺族には、キャサリン・ウエストと司書のジェサミン・ウエストという2人の娘がいる。彼の甥であるクリストファー・シュワルツは、ポピュラー・ウッドワーキング誌の元編集者であり、「アナーキスト・ツールチェスト」の著者であり、ロスト・アート・プレスの共同創設者でもある。 (ja) Joseph Thomas West III (November 22, 1939 – May 19, 2011) was a technologist and the protagonist of the Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction book The Soul of a New Machine. West began his career in computer design at RCA, after seven years at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, a job he'd gotten right out of college. He started working for Data General in 1974. He became the head of Data General's Eclipse group and then became the lead on the Eagle project, building a machine officially named the Eclipse MV/8000. After the publication of Soul of a New Machine, West was sent to Japan by Data General where he helped design DG-1, the first full-screen laptop. His last project in 1996, a thin Web server, was intended to be an internet-ready machine. West retired as Chief Technologist in 1 (en)
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