This is likely being discussed because it's relevant to this similar modern day story involving Tesla: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49686766
It struck me how much more useful information the graphs and diagrams here provide over their flashier counterparts you commonly see today.
The old-fashioned aesthetic almost feels like a cue what I'm looking at won't be slop.
The talk he gave at Usenix LISA was one of the best ever!
(LISA is now SRECon)