Tom was a terrific guy...
I'd love to know more Vendome.
I have a theory, that the vaulted "Clinton Economy" had nothing to do with Clinton.
I was in CAD at the time and saw the rapid changes, and knew darn well he had nothing to do with it, he was just chit lucky. He was just their when not just software, but high speed microchips ( thank you the Late Andy Grove, and so many other unsung hero's and opine the names of others if you can ) that made these technologies fungible so that it could be bought and used by a small manufacturing firm as they bought a number of seats of CAD/CAM tools that took their little company to the next level.
What I can't rap my head around is who or what was the driver?
I keep coming back to the F-16. It needed negative static stability which needed massive computing power for it's day and an engine that had be be snappy, hence a "FADEC" Full Authority Digital Engine Control, and this came out of the fly off for the A-FX aircraft. Or was something else the driver.
Anyway, so many brilliant individuals and visionaries like Mr Perkins that saw the potential in these pardigm changing technologies helped change the world.
And contrary to popular belief, They did build that....