Halloween has us here at High Tech History reviewing a seasonal offering, if not a treat, from Network World: the IT Industry Graveyard slideshow.
Geeks can indulge in ghoulish fascination over the demise of industry tradeshows, rebranding of HP’s IT services, Palm OS products, and the IBM – Sun buyout that didn’t happen. Remember that?
We did read with interest, but a little sadness, about the demise of SiCortex, a supercomputer company based in Maynard, Mass. that was enjoying success and profitability of 100% in Q1 2009 until its venture capital was yanked.
Based in Clock Tower Place, the same building where Digital Equipment Corporation was established, it’s heartening to know the high-tech industry endures in the very place that it was established. But the VC expectations are totally different.
But the winds won’t be howling through the abandoned offices in those brick buildings for too long.
Another Maynard-based computer company passed into history
– Leigh Montgomery
