[Info-vax] Dave Cutler, Prism, DEC, Microsoft, etc.

[JF Mezei]

FredK wrote:

> Upgrade the VAX code?  Support multiple code streams?  During that long span 
> of bad VAX performance internally DEC had changed focus from VMS to UNIX and 
> Windows.  As had many, many 3rd parties.

I was under the impression that the shift to windows occured later
during Palmer's era when he threw in the towel and started to sell the
company away.

Back in 1991-1992, Windows was still at DOS/Windows 3.1 with limited
networking, and word processing that even DECwrite could compete
against. Microsoft didn't have a decent email system.

I can understand Digital having given up on office desktops by
1991/1992, but for the rest, the focus on Windows came later.