>>>>> "John" == John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com> writes:
John> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004, John Allain wrote:
>> > Interview with Ken Olsen: >
>> http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/csr/comphist/olsen.html
>> ...
John> Quite a fascinating piece, though it would have been nicer
John> (IMHO) had the interviewer had a bit more engineering knowledge
Or other knowledge to help him poke at weaknesses. I saw (in a
cursory scan) nothing about Ken's bad habit of setting up several
competing projects inside (often with N-1 being canceled at the last
minute, but not always), as if there wasn't enough competition
outside. Or his bad habit of personally redesigning product details
at the very last moment. The MMJ connector is an example of the
latter problem; examples of the former are harder to spot though the
three PCs (Rainbow/DECmate/Pro) may be an example.
paul
Received on Thu Feb 26 2004 - 10:44:24 GMT