Ken Olsen, the cofounder of Digital Equipment Corp, died last week.
The story of Olsen and DEC formed the heart of my book Creative Capital. I’ve been meaning to get around to publishing a blog post explaining why Ken Olsen still matters.
In the meantime, here are some of the best links to obits and memorials of Olsen, who Fortune magazine in 1986 called “America’s Most Successful Entrepreneur.”
Ken Olsen, Who Built DEC Into a Power, Dies at 84 by Glenn Rifkin of The New York Times
Innovator’s Dilemma by Steve Syre of The Boston GLobe.
Remembering Ken Olsen by Paul Kedrosky of Bloomberg BusinessWeek
Remembering Ken Olsen by Bruce Richardson
Ken Olsen Memorial by John Furrier of Silicon Angle
Obit by IDG News Service
Obit by Chris Mellor of Channel Register
Memorial by Robert Lenzner of Forbes
Obit by Gregory T. Huang of Xconomy
Memorial by Gordon Bell on Xconomy
Deadly sins the tech industry can’t seem to shake by Bill Snyder of Infoworld
Tags: American Research & Development, Creative Capital, DEC, Digital Equipment, Georges Doriot, Ken Olsen, Spencer Ante
Creative Capital 
February 21, 2011 at 5:41 am |
Ken will be missed. He is remembered by the legions of DECcies that worked together to challenge the industry in the heady early days of ‘personal’ computing. The spirit of DEC that he fostered lives on with those that internalized the values of the company, and continues to have influence wherever the remaining former employees continue to work.