The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were the80s

From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <(allisonp_at_world.std.com)>
Date: Fri Apr 23 13:18:25 1999

On Fri, 23 Apr 1999, Richard Erlacher wrote:

> 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?

DEC was a monolithic company, no subsidiaries, publicly traded since
well before the 1980s.

Now, thre are not less than three companies that were integrators and part
suppliers that used DIGITAL as part of their first name.

Allison
Received on Fri Apr 23 1999 - 13:18:25 BST