From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dave@horsfall.org (Dave Horsfall) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 09:32:23 +1100 (EST) Subject: [TUHS] Why did PDPs become so popular? In-Reply-To: <109152082.5216233.1514413535270@mail.yahoo.com> References: <109152082.5216233.1514413535270.ref@mail.yahoo.com> <109152082.5216233.1514413535270@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: On Wed, 27 Dec 2017, Dave Ritchie via TUHS wrote: > I think that steep educational discounts and equipment grants from > Digital to major collages also had a major impact, as did the existence > of DECUS that made a lot of software readily available. IBM practically gave away their kit to educational institutions too (and made their money from the maintenance); there was no way that the University of NSW e.g. could've afforded their 360/50 otherwise, And IBM had their SHARE group, which was pretty much the same as DECUS. -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."