[Info-vax] Ken Olsen

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <4d52bb2a$0$13455$c3e8da3$38634283 at news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> writes: 

> > Is there any evidence the HP knows who Ken Olson was???  IIRC it was 
> > Compaq that bought DEC.  HP's acquisition of Compaq came a year or two 
> > later.
> 
> Even if HP had not inherited what was left of DEC, as one of the older
> computer firms, it should have sent a message of condolenceses and
> marked how much of a mark Mr Olsen had left in the computer industry etc
> etc.

Right.

VMS has "Copyright 1976-???? by HP", so they don't mind claiming the 
legacy here.