Why Did the World’s Second Largest Computer Company Fail?

Founded in 1957, Digital Equipment Corporation was a juggernaut… until it crashed in the 1990s.

Partial view of Digital Alpha microprocessor. Jamo spingal, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Change is a constant in the computer business, and there is no better proof than Digital Equipment Corporation, also known as “DEC.” If you’ve never heard of DEC, you may be surprised to learn it was the…