An interesting article on DEC

2023-10-07 Thread Don
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/long-gone-dec-is-still-powering-the-world-of-computing/ ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/

Re: An interesting article on DEC

2023-10-07 Thread mikebw
It's a great article. I was the principal consultant for IDS in that era, and there is a staff alumni group active on Facebook where I posted this link. I disagree with a number of the claims in the article, especially that Windows NT was based on VMS when in fact it was based on and developed

Re: An interesting article on DEC

2023-10-07 Thread ROGER LEVASSEUR
I so miss DEC. Bulk of CS degree was earned utilizing a DECSYSTEM-20, a VAX, and PDP-11 computers. Later I worked for DEC/Compaq/HP in the late 90s/early 2000s. -roger > On 10/07/2023 4:07 PM EDT Don wrote: > > > https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/10/long-gone-dec-is-still-powe