[Info-vax] Ken Olsen

[John Wallace]

On Feb 10, 3:33 pm, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> On 2/10/2011 7:22 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
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> > On 2011-02-09, Howard S Shubs<how... at shubs.net>  wrote:
> >> In article<iiu0h0$pk... at news.eternal-september.org>,
> >>   Simon Clubley<clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP>  wrote:
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> >>> Have HP even mentioned his death yet ?
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> >>> I don't see anything on the HP news page.
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> >> I noticed something large on the internal portal today, associated with
> >> an article which includes a statement by Apotheker.
>
> > Thanks for the information.
>
> > Now it would be nice if HP would do what other organizations have done and
> > explain to the world at large the importance of Ken Olsen and DEC to the
> > computing world as it is today and pay a public tribute to his passing.
>
> > Simon.
>
> The "world at large" simply does not care!  There are almost seven
> billion people out there, most of whom have never heard of Ken Olsen
> and/or Digital Equipment Corporation.
>
> Ken's legacy will, sooner or later, touch just about everyone even if
> they know it not!

You may think the world at large simply does not care, you may well be
right, but I nearly fell over when Google News told me that UK alleged
newspaper the Daily Mail had some coverage. OK they spelled the name
Olsden a couple of times as well as Olsen a few times, but actually it
was a half decent writeup given the usual celebrity-obsessed
journalists and readers at the Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1354951/Ken-Olsen-Computer-pioneer-dies-aged-84.html