29 Nov
2025
29 Nov
'25
2:35 p.m.
On Nov 28, 2025, at 4:45 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Reminds me of a local extremely fly by night railway company which, for some odd reason,
bought the PanAm trademark and now runs its trains with that logo on the side, down
decaying tracks barely useable at 5 mph.
paul
> Technically that is not accurate. While DEC
is no longer a standalone
> company, its property still has an owner, but nowadays that's either VSI,
> HP, or XX2247 depending on which parts you're talking about.
On Sat, 29 Nov 2025, Doug Jackson via cctalk wrote:
And even HP is a farce of a company now - a sad
sad shell compared to what
they were.
They were once amazingly great; now they are like Kodak and Polaroid, making more from
licensing the trademark than from merchandise.
For example, my first Android (that I bought just to play with and learn Android) was
manufactured by or for Southwest Bell but doesn't have a phone; and had a brand name
of "Polaroid"!, although it didn't have a camera either.