DEC didn't have it in their DNA to compete on price and deliver 'good enough' solutions. We praise them today for these fantastically robust boards and very cle

DEC didn't have it in their DNA to compete on price and deliver 'good enough' solutions. We praise them today for these fantastically robust boards and very clean power delivery, but in the end it destroyed the company. Ken Olsen was wilfully blind to the PC revolution, mainly because he knew he couldn't get the margins needed from home users for his over-engineered designs and expensive sales teams.