Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Yes. I never had operational responsibility for Alta Vista, but I was > one of the key players in starting it and keeping it running. You will > note that DEC went out of business in June 1999; one reason is that it > never knew how to adapt to new things such as Alta Vista. Imagine > clinging to old-fashioned engineering such as was done in the previous > century... Many thought VAX VMS was the way to do :) It was a crying shame that DEC fizzled out. Things like that put a certain perspective on Microsoft and other companies that appear to be rock solid. Things sure do change fast in that business. I think I've seen Brian Reid's name around every since I pounded away at my first C-64 :) Daniel - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html