[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Michael Kraemer]

JF Mezei schrieb:

> Turns out that Palmer was the same except he wasn't even a good bean
> counter, 

IIRC he came from DECs microprocessor business,
and later joined AMD, another microprocessor business.
And AMD is still alive, as far as I can see.

> he was only good at negotiating bargain basement prices for
> DEC's limbs 

maybe they weren't worth more?

> to be sold and cutting staff and terminating software products.

maybe this was the only way to prevent DEC from going under
even earlier than 1998?