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

[Wilm Boerhout]

FrankS mentioned  on 26-11-2009 14:20:
> On Nov 26, 3:37 am, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
> undress to reply) wrote:
>> DEC's middle name was equipment; IBM's middle name is business.
> 
> Well, if you want to compare apple-to-apples, it's International
> Business Machines Corporation versus Digital Equipment Corporation.
> 
> So, if "equipment" is DEC's middle name then "corporation" is the
> surname.  That makes IBM's surname "corporation" as well.
> 
> Therefore, IBM's middle name is really "business machines".

Either way, DEC's middle name is "long gone", IBM's is "still existing".

/Wilm