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My father worked for DEC; when it got bought out by Compaq, he worked for Compaq; when that got bought out by HP, he worked for HP (and still does). He's an en
by joshmn 12y ago
My father worked for DEC; when it got bought out by Compaq, he worked for Compaq; when that got bought out by HP, he worked for HP (and still does).
He's an enterprise-level field-service tech. He's the go-to guy for most HPs largest clients in Minnesota (UHG, USPS, 3M, UMN all come to mind), and in the Upper-Midwest.
He's always said that DEC did the most incredible stuff out of all the generations of hardware he's seen.
- ci5er 12y agoI was really sad to see DEC SRC and WRL go the way of the dodo. Really good stuff. Microsoft picked up a lot of the folks, but, still...
- TheOtherHobbes 12y agoDEC engineering was awesome, but management had issues keeping up with their chip geniuses. There's a brilliant scene in DEC history where the chip guys had to explain to the board that their latest ceramic thing with legs cost $30 in quantity, and it outperformed the top-line million-dollar ECL-based room-filling VAX product. But DEC were always B2B and B2A (Business to Academia). They never got B2C at all, which is sad for everyone.