[ih] Ken Olsen's impact on the Internet
Miles Fidelman
mfidelman at meetinghouse.net
Mon Feb 7 20:38:02 PST 2011
Guy Almes wrote:
> Another, more mixed, is DEC's lukewarm support for the IP-based
> Internet, preferring the proprietary DECnet product line. While,
> technically, the DECnet work deserves much praise, the business
> dynamics of pushing DECnet in preference to the Internet are
> illustrative of blindspots that led to Digital's demise.
Well... DEC resisted TCP/IP a lot less than Wang; and lasted a lot longer.
Miles Fidelman
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