DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC

In DEC Is Dead, Long Live DEC , Edgar Schein tells the extraordinary story of the creation, demise, and enduring legacy of one of the pioneering companies of the computer age. In the 1960s, Digital Equipment Corporation created the minicomputer, networking, the concept of distributed computing, speech recognition, and other major innovations. It was the number two computer maker behind IBM. Yet it ultimately failed as a business and was sold to Compaq Corporation. Schein provides insight into what happened inside DEC during its 40-year history through an unprecedented access to all the major players and an inside view of all the major events of DEC.