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Like Wang, Prime, DEC, and Data General
Nixdorf made a mini computer but with headquarters
in Munich not in Mass.
Nixdorf invested in Spartacus Computers
they offered a few of us free travel to classes in Germany. 
While waiting for the formal invitation and course particulars
an engineer Frank whose name I might forget someday
though thirty years hasn’t covered his shame
stole my letter.
Confronted
his matter of fact response was a calm reply:
As anyone would take it from him 
if they had the opportunity
he took it from me.