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Quite simply, the VAX group won. Marketing believed two product lines competing in the same space with incompatible software would not be in DEC's best interes
by GeorgeTirebiter 2y ago
Quite simply, the VAX group won. Marketing believed two product lines competing in the same space with incompatible software would not be in DEC's best interests.
As I worked in the -10 group as a coop, I was bummed to hear that decision. However, the more I used the VAX, the more I realized it was, in fact, a better foundation for the 80s and beyond. The -10 is cool, tho. Very cool.
- skissane 2y agoIf DEC had decided to keep the PDP-10 alive, it might have hung on for a few more years than it did. But in the longer-run it still would have eventually lost out to Unix systems, due to the later’s greater openness and critical mass