Digital Equipment Corporation

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Digital_Equipment_Corporation

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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
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
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Digital Equipment Corporation