You know, there must have been another company using the Digital name that
put on those pitches my colleagues and I had to attend, which was not
publicly traded, because that was part of the same spiel, i.e. "that's why
we're not public . . ." I'm sure I didn't dream that, because my boss was
usually present and I didn't really like what I was hearing. Is this
possible? I don't believe a public corporation can have non-public
subsidiaries. Can it?
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were
the80s
>
>> > They (DEC) wouldn't sell
>> > directly to the government because that required they let government
>> > auditors look at their books. There was too much risk that the word
would
>> > leak out that their profit margins on their mini's were pretty
generous.
>> > That would have led to competition, which they really never enjoyed.
>> >
>> >
>> > Dick
>>
>>
>> This is unadulterated #_at_$&*() bull.
>> And revisionist history with an agenda sucks.
>>
>> I take serious offence to this. DEC sold directly to the government.
>> They (the gov't) was their second largest customer when I was there
>> (behind the good old AT&T Ma Bell folks). I was a dedicated Field
>> service type at Fort Monmouth. I also did time as a government
>> contractor on projects.
>>
>> What are you basing this opinion on.
>>
>> Bill
>
>First DEC was a public corperation... if you know anthing that counters
>your claim.
>
>Now so happens my other half was a manager of the corperate and government
>billing unit. I KNOW what the discloseures were! If anything IBM had a
>presence for a long time so the govenment was for the most part locked in.
>
>Offensive is the least I can say about that statement.
>
>Allison
>(formerly Senior Engineer, CSSE Printing Systems (DEC MLO, PKO, LKG, DSG,
>OGO)
>
Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 12:45:05 BST