'Matt's left now. ... He left about six weeks ago, out of the blue. ... He got this job in New York, he's footloose and fancy-free, no ties, lot more money than I was paying him. ... Fortunately, Alan, who stepped in, ??? is very good. In some ways he's better than Matt, because Matt was quite protective with his knowledge and didn't share it so readily with the rest of the team. Alan probably technically isn't yet up to Matt's level, but he's not far off, and he's much more of a team player, so I'm really pleased with Alan. My main concern is that he'll do the same thing as Matt. The only good thing is that he's just bought a house in Chester, so I'm quite encouraged by that. But he's good.X060 page 004.01b (tape 03.1.02b) Gordan Notes/Tape 14/10/94{He's strange. I was very impressed when I talked to him. He's not got an IT background, has he, because when he came to X-Group he'd done all this theoretical maths, as far as I could tell.} This is Matt you're talking about. Matt's the theoretical maths. Alan, he's a maths graduate, but I don't think he's..Alan came in as a graduate. Alan's only got a year's experience.. {Really?} ... You're right. It's me that's wrong. Matt's got a degree in maths as well, but not a PhD. You're right, you're right. ??? Brain's seizing up. So you were impressed with him. That's good. ... I didn't know you'd spoken to him last time. {Yes.}
Yes, he's very good. ...
He's got a PhD in maths, has he? I thought it was Matt who had the PhD in maths! Anyway, I'm sure you're right. No, he's good and he's done really well on the Unix thing.'
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