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A huge number of DEC kernel engineers also ended up working on the Linux kernel as Red Hat employees in Westford, MA.

I dotted lined into Tom West for a time at Data General and, later, had a >decade stint at Red Hat where I got hired on by a senior ex-DEC person.

I feel that was a piece of history very much worthy talking about, plus it is very inspirational for younger engineers who want to be real engineers.

I for one look up to people who can design, implement and debug complex systems, especially computers components and low level computer software.