[ih] Ken Olsen's impact on the Internet

[mfidelman at meetinghouse.net (Miles Fidelman)]

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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