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Ken Olsen, Massachusetts tech pioneer, dead at 84
By adamg on Mon, 02/07/2011 - 10:25pm
The Globe reports on the passing of the co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp.
- Interview, on everything from how he got interested in electronics in the 1930s to the founding of DEC.
- Salue to Ken Olsen, from the 2006 dedication of the Ken Olsen Science Center at Gordon College.
- Ken Olsen Memory Book, DEC employees remember Olsen.
- comp.os.vms says farewell
- DEC founder Kenneth Olsen mourned by computer industry
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My favorite Ken Olsen story
A reporter once asked him: "How many people work at DEC?"
Olsen held it for a few beats, and then replied: "About half."
Ken Olsen
$ write sys$output "RIP"
$ exit
beautiful
DCL
Next time a politician tells
Next time a politician tells you he created jobs, tell him no - Ken Olsen created jobs.