[Info-vax] Layered products, the HP view !?!

[clairgrant71 at gmail.com]

> I'm old enough to remember the DEC software organization(s) in the past. 
>   I'm talking 1970s and 1980s.  While I was not familiar with the inner 
> workings, my impression was that they "did it right".  I also remember 
> the 11/750 floating point problem, and DEC's response, which was rather 
> different than Intel's "so what" attitude with their 386 FP problem.
>

I like to think that we still do everything we can to get as close to "right" as possible. 

 
> So I've been conditioned to expect excellence, because that is what we 
> had back then.  You'll just have to live with my folly.

Folly or not, you should expect excellence.