It has been gratifying to read early feedback concerning Learn, Earn and Return. Some of this is from people who have pre-ordered the book before it is published, and some is in response to the early publicity about the book and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Typical of the comments was one from a former U.K. employee who said it was the best company he ever worked for. Others have given personal observations about why the company ultimately failed. Some agreed with my observations that the company failed to follow industry standards when PC’s and software dominated the industry. Others compared DEC to HP when they both had the same revenue, but Digital had 40,000 more employees than HP. Others questioned whether spending $10,000,000 to charter the QE-2 cruise ship for a multiple day trade show in Boston was a good use of marketing money. Others felt the Board of Directors waited too long to intervene in management.
