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“Not a single, substantial, commercially-successful product had come from an adequately-finded team. They'd always come from the scrounging, scrapping, underfunded teams.”

Quote by Ken Olsen

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Ken Olsen was an outstanding engineer known for his role in the founding and leadership of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). Born on February 20, 1926, he passed away on February 7, 2011. Olsen made significant contributions to the fields of computer science and electronic engineering, particularly in the development of minicomputers and microprocessors. more

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