Digital Equipment Corporation

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:DEC
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Compaq
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1998
gptkbp:dissolved 1998
gptkbp:fate acquired
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Harlan_Anderson
gptkb:Ken_Olsen
gptkbp:foundedYear 1957
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Maynard,_Massachusetts,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Digital Equipment Corporation
gptkbp:industry gptkb:personal_computer
gptkb:software
gptkbp:keyPerson gptkb:Gordon_Bell
gptkb:Harlan_Anderson
gptkb:Ken_Olsen
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Alan_Kotok
gptkb:Bob_Metcalfe
gptkb:Bob_Taylor
gptkb:Brian_Kernighan
gptkb:Butler_Lampson
gptkb:Dan_Bricklin
gptkb:David_D._Clark
gptkb:David_Patterson
gptkb:Dennis_Ritchie
gptkb:Ivan_Sutherland
gptkb:John_Cocke
gptkb:John_Hennessy
gptkb:John_McCarthy
gptkb:John_Shoch
gptkb:Ken_Thompson
gptkb:Martin_Hellman
gptkb:Mary_Lou_Jepsen
gptkb:Radia_Perlman
gptkb:Ray_Tomlinson
gptkb:Tom_Knight
gptkb:Vint_Cerf
gptkb:Whitfield_Diffie
gptkb:Gordon_Bell
gptkb:Tom_Van_Vleck
gptkb:John_G._Kemeny
gptkb:Bob_Supnik
gptkb:Bill_Strecker
gptkb:Dave_Cutler
gptkb:Ed_de_Castro
gptkb:Edson_de_Castro
gptkb:Harlan_Anderson
gptkb:Jim_Gray
gptkb:John_R._Mashey
gptkb:Ken_Olsen
gptkb:Richard_Lary
gptkb:Stan_Olsen
gptkb:Steven_J._Bourne
gptkb:Thomas_E._Kurtz
gptkbp:notableEvent major role in development of the Internet
pioneered minicomputers
developed influential operating systems (VMS, RSX-11)
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:DEC_Alpha
gptkb:DECnet
gptkb:PDP_series
gptkb:Rainbow_100
gptkb:VAX_computers
gptkb:VT100_terminal
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 100,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:DEC_(former_NYSE)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Compaq
gptkbp:website http://www.digital.com (historical)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Charles_P._Thacker
gptkb:Radia_Perlman
gptkb:麻省理工學院
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4