23 Apr
1999
23 Apr
'99
8:45 a.m.
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
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From: allisonp(a)world.std.com <allisonp(a)world.std.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, April 23, 1999 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: The "FIRST PC" and personal timelines (Was: And what were
the80s
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)
> > 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 #@$&*() 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 
23 Apr
23 Apr
9:18 a.m.
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
11:29 a.m.
At 02:18 PM 4/23/99 -0400, allisonp(a)world.std.com wrote:
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.
And DEC had several run-ins with "Dairy Equipment Corporation" of
Madison, Wisconsin.
- John
10:23 a.m.
New subject: DEC
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
DEC was publicly traded back since at least the '60's.
I think this was someone els.
Bill
1:37 p.m.
New subject: DEC
On 23 Apr 99 at 15:23, Bill Pechter wrote:
I have a manual for PrintDirecter put out by Digital Products Inc-"the
sub-Lan
Company" of Watertown, Ma. Was this a division of DEC ? I know there were
several companies with Digital in their name.
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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
DEC was publicly traded back since at least the '60's.
I think this was someone els.
Bill
6:22 p.m.
New subject: DEC
I have a manual for PrintDirecter put out by Digital
Products Inc-"the sub-Lan
Company" of Watertown, Ma. Was this a division of DEC ? I know there were
several companies with Digital in their name.
Digital was a bad name... too often used and too generic.
Too bad K.O. didn't allow the company to do business as DEC.
I believe Stan Olson was in favor of this at one time.
Nah... the great story is people coming to the DEC facility in
Nashua to get their DIGITAL clocks and watches fixed.
Bill
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