Re:Hate to say, sounds like a dot-bomb strategy...
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HP Buys Compaq
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Compaq was(how I enjoy the sound of that) just another PC maker. Never got beyond that. Never will now. If they had been they could have done something with the products they got from Digital. Instead they tried to convince the world Windows on Intel was a real OS on a real Platform. I am so enjoying their total destruction at the hands of another company that has given up innovation for accumulation.
Keep looking on the sunny side. I read many postings such as yours on the DIGITAL notesfiles before the "merger" with Compaq. History has settled the issue. One interesting piece of info:.
"The company will still be called Hewlett-Packard and will keep its headquarters in Palo Alto, though it will have a substantial presence in Houston. "
I have seen this before. There will be as much of Compaq left in Houston as there is Digital in New England. Resume time Compaq people!
If INTEL hadn't used at least 10 stolen patented processes from Digital, there wouldn't be any Pentiums. (they were only caught on the 10, they made it go away with much money)
The software development resources and consulting resources they needed came to them from Digital. They ran them off, as well as killing ALPHA, stagnating StorageWorks and disgusting any and all former DEC people that tried to tell them there were other hardware platforms than INTEL and other software than Microsoft. Such massive stupidity leads to a Darwinian conclusion.
I was with Digital when the barbarians bashed the doors down with rolls of cash. One of the first organizations to be decimated was Digital Consulting. The thought being with the mainframe dead and UNIX about to be beaten back by the 64 bit INTEL Alpha ripoff, who needed consulting beyond Windows on an Intel box? They just don't get it. Look for a Wang/Burroughs/Sperry (you young puppies remember them I'm sure) outcome.
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Compaq was(how I enjoy the sound of that) just another PC maker. Never got beyond that. Never will now. If they had been they could have done something with the products they got from Digital. Instead they tried to convince the world Windows on Intel was a real OS on a real Platform. I am so enjoying their total destruction at the hands of another company that has given up innovation for accumulation.
Keep looking on the sunny side. I read many postings such as yours on the DIGITAL notesfiles before the "merger" with Compaq. History has settled the issue. One interesting piece of info:.
"The company will still be called Hewlett-Packard and will keep its headquarters in Palo Alto, though it will have a substantial presence in Houston. "
I have seen this before. There will be as much of Compaq left in Houston as there is Digital in New England. Resume time Compaq people!
If INTEL hadn't used at least 10 stolen patented processes from Digital, there wouldn't be any Pentiums. (they were only caught on the 10, they made it go away with much money)
The software development resources and consulting resources they needed came to them from Digital. They ran them off, as well as killing ALPHA, stagnating StorageWorks and disgusting any and all former DEC people that tried to tell them there were other hardware platforms than INTEL and other software than Microsoft. Such massive stupidity leads to a Darwinian conclusion.
I was with Digital when the barbarians bashed the doors down with rolls of cash. One of the first organizations to be decimated was Digital Consulting. The thought being with the mainframe dead and UNIX about to be beaten back by the 64 bit INTEL Alpha ripoff, who needed consulting beyond Windows on an Intel box? They just don't get it. Look for a Wang/Burroughs/Sperry (you young puppies remember them I'm sure) outcome.