On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 9:56 AM, kevin.paetzold <kevin.paetzold@gmail.com> wrote:

Since we are reminiscing about DEC and KO....

I started at DEC in 1978 working on the DECSYSTEM20. My first manager
was one of the first 100 DEC employees and even though I was initially
working as a contractor for DEC (on an air force base) in Rome NY we
made a trip to Maynard where he introduced me to the mill and to Ken
Olsen. It was a fascinating time as I worked at the place which
essentially funded the ARPANET and TCP/IP. I went to work in DEC
engineering in Marlboro in 1981. Eventually I ended up at Stratus where
among other things I now manage the Linux group (I never worked on VMS
although I did do some stuff with the Ultrix group). It still amazes me
(and many others) that DEC went away. I often tell my engineers that
when I see some computer or software technology that DEC did not have I
will let them know (there is some but not much that DEC did not have
first and for which very little credit is given).
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