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LINC has now been replaced by newer, faster, cheaper machines. But its heritage endures. As a new philosophy of computer access, LINC pointed the way for succeeding information processing generations. Perhaps equally important, the LINC program demonstrated that resourceful and imaginative Federal management could influence the course of both science and industry.
Today's idea may be barely rising from some remote seed. With proper nurture, in 20 years we may be celebrating similar successes in biomedical technology.