DECsystem-10 Woods Meeting Notes

This document consists of internal meeting notes regarding the DECsystem-10, dated March 1972. It details the business history of the product line, marketing strategies, hardware/software development plans, and competition analysis (primarily focusing on IBM, Honeywell, and Univac). It also includes transcripts and notes from an American Management Association (AMA) Systems Management Conference titled "The Generation of the Users," which discusses trends in data processing and user needs. The document outlines a "two-part plan" for DEC: building a more effective field-force and developing cost-competitive hardware to expand the DECsystem-10's market base, alongside a need to improve and streamline software, compilers, and support.