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DEC was on the forefront of so many technologies and did set so many standards (first Unix machine, vt100, first viable 64-bit processor, first viable search en

by sprash 7y ago

DEC was on the forefront of so many technologies and did set so many standards (first Unix machine, vt100, first viable 64-bit processor, first viable search engine, much more even before that). It is sad to see that this company and its products were brought down by pure political maneuvers and hostile takeovers instead of competition or merit.

fulafel 7y ago
MIPS beat them on the 64 bit CPU front. And I think some vector supers were 64 bit before that.
- sprash 7y ago
  But MIPS 64 bit didn't outperform the fastest 32bit processor on the market by huge margins. That is what I meant by "viable".