| 词条 | Ken Olsen |
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|name = Kenneth Harry Olsen |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|2|20}} |birth_place = Bridgeport, Connecticut |death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|2|6|1926|2|20}}[1] |death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana |other_names = |known_for = Founding Digital Equipment Corporation with Harlan Anderson |alma_mater = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1950; M.S., 1952) |occupation = Engineer |nationality = American }}Kenneth Harry "Ken" Olsen (February 20, 1926[2] – February 6, 2011[3]) was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen.[4][5] BackgroundKenneth Harry Olsen was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and grew up in the neighboring town of Stratford, Connecticut. His father's parents came from Norway and his mother's parents from Sweden. Olsen began his career working summers in a machine shop. Fixing radios in his basement gave him the reputation of a neighborhood inventor. After serving in the United States Navy between 1944 and 1946, Olsen attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned both a BS (1950) and an MS (1952) degree in Electrical engineering.[6] CareerDuring his studies at MIT, the Office of Naval Research of the United States Department of the Navy recruited Olsen to help build a computerized flight simulator.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} Also while at MIT he directed the building of the first transistorized research computer. Olsen was an engineer who had been working at MIT Lincoln Laboratory on the TX-2 project.[7] In 1957, Olsen and an MIT colleague, Harlan Anderson, decided to start their own firm. They approached American Research and Development Corporation, an early venture capital firm, which had been founded by Georges Doriot, and founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). In the 1960s, Olsen received patents for a saturable switch, a diode transformer gate circuit, an improved version of magnetic core memory, and the line printer buffer.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} (Note that MIT professor Jay W. Forrester is generally credited with inventing the first practical magnetic core memory). Olsen was known throughout his career for his management style and his fostering of engineering innovation. Olsen's valuing of innovation and technical excellence spawned and popularized techniques such as engineering matrix management, that are broadly employed today throughout many industries.[8] Olsen valued humility, he drove an economy car and kept a simple office in an old mill building. He also was an accomplished pilot and flew his own plane.[9] In 1977, referring to computers used in home automation at the dawn of the home computer era, Olsen is quoted as saying "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."[10][11][12][13][14] Olsen admitted to making the remark, even though he says his words were taken out of context and was referring to computers set up to control houses, not PCs.[12] According to Snopes.com, "the out-of-context misinterpretation of Olsen’s comments is considered much more amusing and entertaining than what he really meant, so that is the version that has been promulgated for decades now".[15] In 1986, Fortune Magazine named Olsen "America's most successful entrepreneur",[16] and the same year he received the IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award.[17] Olsen was the subject of a 1988 biography, The Ultimate Entrepreneur: The Story of Ken Olsen and Digital Equipment Corporation written by Glenn Rifkin and George Harrar. In 1993, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers awarded Olsen their IEEE Founders Medal.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} He was inducted as a Fellow of the Computer History Museum in 1996. He was awarded the Vermilye Medal in 1980. He was inducted as an Honorary Member of UPE (the International Honor Society for the Computing and Information Sciences) on October 8, 1975.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}} In 2011, he was listed at #6 on the MIT150 list of the top 150 innovators and ideas from MIT for his work on the minicomputer.[18] Later career historyCommencing in 1987 Olsen in public appearances described UNIX as "snake oil".[19] Some believed he was making a general characterization of UNIX, while others believed he was specifically referring to its marketing exaggerating its benefits.[20] While Olsen believed VMS was a better solution for DEC customers and often talked of the strengths of the system, he did approve and encourage an internal effort to produce a native BSD-based UNIX product on the VAX line of computers called Ultrix. However, this line never got enthusiastic comprehensive support at DEC.{{Citation needed|date=September 2008}} Olsen was forced to retire from DEC in 1992.[21] He subsequently became the chairman of Advanced Modular Solutions. Olsen was also a major contributor to The Family, a religious and political organization.[22] Olsen was a trustee of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.[23] There, the Ken Olsen Science Center was named after him in 2006,[24] and dedicated on 27 September 2008. Its lobby features a Digital Loggia of Technology, documenting Digital's technology and history, and an interactive kiosk to which former employees have submitted their stories. DeathOlsen died while in hospice care in Indianapolis, Indiana on February 6, 2011, aged 84. Gordon College, where he was a trustee and board member, announced his death, but did not reveal the cause.[3][25] His family also did not comment on any details surrounding his death.[2] Awards
References1. ^{{cite news |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-30684_3-20030941-265.html |title=Ken Olsen, founder of DEC, dead at 84 |publisher=CNet News |first=Tom |last=Krazit |date=February 7, 2011}} {{IEEE Founders Medal}}2. ^1 {{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/technology/business-computing/08olsen.html?_r=1&src=twrhp | work=The New York Times | first=Glenn | last=Rifkin | title=Ken Olsen, Founder of DEC, Dies at 84 | date=February 7, 2011}} 3. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=12864374 |title=Computer Pioneer Ken Olsen Dies at Age 84 |author=Associated Press |publisher=ABC News |date=February 8, 2011}} 4. ^{{cite web |title=Digital Equipment Corporation. Nineteen Fifty Seven To The Present |url=http://s3data.computerhistory.org/pdp-1/dec.digital_1957_to_the_present_(1978).1957-1978.102630349.pdf |publisher=Digital Equipment Corporation, 1978 |accessdate=18 January 2019}} 5. ^National Inventor's Hall of Fame profile {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205232254/http://www.invent.org/hall_of_fame/114.html |date=2010-12-05 }} 6. ^Jeffrey L. Cruikshank, Shaping the Waves: A History of Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School, p. 108. {{ISBN|978-1-59139-813-4}}. 7. ^{{Cite book|title=Moving Innovation: A History of Computer Animation|last=Sito|first=Tom|publisher=The MIT Press|year=2013|isbn=9780262019095|location=Cambridge, MA|pages=38}} 8. ^See remarks by Win Hindle about Ken's leadership. 9. ^{{cite web |last1=Petre |first1=Peter |title=AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEUR |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/10/27/68216/ |website=CNN Money |publisher=CNN |accessdate=18 January 2019}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,3253,l=259624&a=259624&po=3,00.asp|title=10 Most Memorable Tech CEOs of the Digital Era|author=|date=|work=PCMAG|accessdate=27 March 2016}} 11. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/feb/09/ken-olsen-obituary|title=Ken Olsen obituary|author=Jack Schofield|date=|work=the Guardian|accessdate=27 March 2016}} 12. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/pop-culture/2013/01/the-25-craziest-things-ever-said-by-tech-ceos/spam-crisis|title=The Spam Crisis Solved? - The 25 Craziest Things Ever Said by Tech CEOs - Complex|author=Alex Bracetti|date=14 January 2013|work=Complex|accessdate=27 March 2016}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/868.html|title=Quote Details: Ken Olsen: There is no reason... - The Quotations Page|author=|date=|work=The Quotations Page|accessdate=27 March 2016}} 14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/false-predictons-2012-5?op=1|title=False Predictions - Business Insider|author=Ashley Lutz|date=2 May 2012|work=Business Insider|accessdate=27 March 2016}} 15. ^{{cite web |title=Ken Olsen |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ken-olsen/ |website=Snopes.com |publisher=Snopes |accessdate=14 January 2019}} 16. ^The war lost, Digital surrenders Boston Globe, January 27, 1998, p.c1. 17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/documents/weber_rl.pdf |title=IEEE Ernst Weber Engineering Leadership Recognition Recipients |publisher=IEEE |accessdate=November 21, 2010}} 18. ^{{Cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/specials/mit150/mitlist/?page=2|title=The MIT 150|work=Boston.com|access-date=2017-04-10|language=en}} 19. ^{{cite news |last=Gibson |first=Stanley |date=April 4, 1988 |title=Olsen Poses Slick Question |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b9uTEc6MJ6cC&pg=PP43&dq=olsen+%22snake+oil%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip97vI_8LVAhUEWCYKHUhPDckQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=olsen%20%22snake%20oil%22&f=false |work=ComputerWorld | volume=XXII | issue=14 | page=43 | access-date=2017-08-06 }} 20. ^{{cite news | title=UNIX: DEC's Flavor of the Year | last=Johnson | first=Maryfran | work=Computerworld | date=February 11, 1991 | page=91 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UVbHwWCfTBAC&pg=PA91&lpg=PA91&dq=olsen+snake+oil+unix+marketing&source=bl&ots=OF-Ud3QCPu&sig=0vTTwLHNMGKa_gNXeYuAMnnRwrU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAsYX9vMPVAhVG5yYKHW-CAIUQ6AEISDAG#v=onepage&q=olsen%20snake%20oil%20unix%20marketing&f=false | volume=XV | issue=6 | access-date=2017-08-06 }} 21. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/08/technology/business-computing/08olsen.html |title=Ken Olsen, Who Built DEC Into a Power, Dies at 84 |newspaper = The New York Times | date=February 2011}} 22. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.harpers.org/archive/2003/03/0079525 |title=Jesus plus nothing: Undercover among America's secret theocrats |newspaper=Harpers Magazine |first=Jeff |last=Sharlet |date=March 2003}} 23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.decconnection.org/KOTribute.htm|title=Digital|author=|date=|work=decconnection.org|accessdate=27 March 2016}} 24. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.gordon.edu/article.cfm?iArticleID=108&iReferrerPageID=5&iPrevCatID=30&bLive=1 |title=Salute to Ken Olsen — Gordon Hosts Tribute to Massachusetts Technology Icon |publisher=Gordon College}} 25. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379648,00.asp |title=Computing Pioneer Ken Olsen Dead at 84 |publisher=PCMag.com |first=Chloe |last=Albanesius |date=February 8, 2011}} 26. ^{{Cite web |title= Ken Olsen — CHM Fellow Award Winner |author= CHM |url= http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Ken,Olsen/ |accessdate= March 30, 2015 |deadurl= yes |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403185414/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Ken,Olsen/ |archivedate= April 3, 2015 |df= }}{{cite web |url=http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Ken,Olsen/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-03-30 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403185414/http://www.computerhistory.org/fellowawards/hall/bios/Ken,Olsen/ |archivedate=2015-04-03 |df= }} Further reading
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