Digital Equipment Corporation
also referred to as: dec
2 statements across 2 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Benedict Evans · said 21 times in 10 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
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2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2024 3 mentions in 1 episode
2019 16 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
- a16z Podcast | From Research to Startup, There and Back Again
- a16z Podcast | Tech and Entertainment in the 'Era of Mass Customization'
- a16z Podcast | What Comes After the Smartphone
- a16z Podcast | Selling Tech to Everyone -- Changes Everything
- a16z Podcast | The $200 PC in the Enterprise
- a16z Podcast | On Corporate Venturing & Setting Up 'Innovation Outposts'
- a16z Podcast | AMPLab, the Power of Open Source, and the Future of Systems Software
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2017 1 mention in 1 episode
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Jan 2, 2019
Evans: UK VAT tax system still runs on legacy DEC VAX hardware
“Yeah, I mean, the best example I've heard of this is that the UK VAT system, the UK value-added tech system runs on VAX, created by DEC, which I think discontinued it before many of the people listening to this podcast were born, and yet that system is still s…”
Jan 2, 2019 negative