Editing Project Athena (section)

== Description ==
Leaders of the $50 million, five-year project at MIT included [[Michael Dertouzos]], director of the [[Laboratory for Computer Science]]; Jerry Wilson, dean of the [[MIT School of Engineering|School of Engineering]]; and [[Joel Moses]], head of the [[MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department|Electrical Engineering and Computer Science]] department. DEC agreed to contribute more than 300 terminals, 1600 microcomputers, 63 minicomputers, and five employees. IBM agreed to contribute 500 microcomputers, 500 workstations, software, five employees, and grant funding.<ref name="curran198308">{{cite news | url=https://archive.org/stream/byte-magazine-1983-08/1983_08_BYTE_08-08_The_C_Language#page/n5/mode/2up | title=DEC, IBM, and Athena | work=BYTE | date=August 1983 | access-date=20 October 2013 | last=Curran | first=Lawrence J. | page=4}}</ref><ref name="brann19840320">{{cite news | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1tFFnOMCvv4C&pg=PA269 | title=MIT Goes On The 5-Year Plan | work=PC Magazine | date=1984-03-20 | access-date=24 October 2013 | last=Brann |first=James | page=269}}</ref>