Digging through some records it looks like the $70,000 cash investment from ARDC hit DEC on July 1, so the corporate birthday must have been slightly earlier. -----Original Message----- From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Ron Natalie Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 7:12 PM To: 'Dave Horsfall'; 'The Eunuchs Hysterical Society' Subject: Re: [TUHS] DEC Born 60 years ago I have the 1957 date in several books (the publication of which predate Wikipedia). There's a document in Alan Earls's book that is the lease for DEC's first office space, dated August 27, 1957. Other information I have just says they took the venture money and founded DEC that summer. -----Original Message----- From: TUHS [mailto:tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org] On Behalf Of Dave Horsfall Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 5:09 PM To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Subject: Re: [TUHS] DEC Born 60 years ago On Mon, 20 Nov 2017, Clem Cole wrote: But no actual date, sadly... Anyone know for sure? I maintain a list of geeky things like this (and no, I don't necessarily trust Wikipedia, as it's only as accurate as the last person who edited it). -- Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will suffer."