[OT] Ken Olsen, DEC father, dead at 84

[David Hardy]

Hi, Ben, and all;

I saw this news earlier today via DECconnetions email and it is indeed sad
news.  He was a pioneer and I was privileged to work at DEC for a while in
the late 80s and also got to meet him once and visit his office and see the
original orange crate desk that he and Gordon Bell and Co. used originally
when they started, at the Old Mill in Maynard.

*Requiescat in pace*, Kenneth.



On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 5:38 PM, Benjamin Scott <dragonhawk at gmail.com> wrote:

>  This is OT-ish, but I know we have a lot of ex-DEC'ers on this list.
>
>  Ken Olsen, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, died on Sun
> 6 Feb.  He was 84.
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/technology/business-computing/08olsen.html
>
> http://www.wbur.org/2011/02/08/olsen-biographer
>
>
> http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2011/02/08/remembering-ken-olsen-1926-2011-a-sense-of-pride-and-a-sense-of-humor/
>
> -- Ben
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