Remembering Ken Olsen, a Computer Industry Pioneer
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One of my first jobs was with Digital Equipment Corp. It was there I met its founder Ken Olsen, who died on Feb. 6. He was 84.
Olsen reminded me of a cross between Ed Sullivan and Inspector Morse from the television series based on the detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. He had the former's long face and hunched posture, and the latter's authority and presence. That authority came, in large part, from Olsen's success as an entrepreneur.