Re: NJ governor of VA give microsft tobacco money, funnels
Date: September 10, 2019 09:19AM
6yyrtre Wrote:
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> the fucker isn't from VA
>
> microsoft isn't home in VA either
>
> infact Micrsoft helped kill DEC - which WAS homed
> in centreville (unix and vax and hardware maker
> too - world renound quality at the time)
DEC was based in Massachusetts.
What did they have going on in Centreville?
Government sales or something?
Manufacturing, design, software, research,
and of course main sales and HQ was all up in MA.
DEC was a major player in the small-mainframe and
minicomputer market. That era was all about selling
hardware. Microcomputers were a different universe,
and DEC was never able to succeed in that area.
I used DEC systems from 1977-2001 and loved them.
If DEC hadn't killed itself, it would be where IBM
is today in terms of legacy iron.
Two "best" computers they ever made was the PDP-10
and the Alpha. But maybe more widely known for
the PDP-11 and VAX lines. I have an Alpha in my
basement, come to think of it!