I've become a case-study in VC fossilization, a Luddite one-liner, like Ken Olsen and the PC.

FORBES: Been There, Done That

Ken Olsen, a brilliant MIT engineer, had a much tougher time letting go of Digital Equipment Corp.

FORBES: Know When To Fold 'Em: What Founders Can Learn From The Pope

Consider Ken Olsen, the giant who pioneered the minicomputer sector as a co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation in 1957.

FORBES: The Risks Of CEO Succession

Stocks crashed, the popular culture moved on to Madonna, and old lions like Ken Olsen danced on the PC's grave.

FORBES: Net--One, TV--Zero

Its chairman and president, Ken Olsen , was widely considered the smartest CEO in the business, and treated with the awe that Jack Welch is today.

FORBES: DEC's Final Demise

Ironically, both visions came at the hands of Steve Jobs , a young man who in every way was the opposite of everything Ken Olsen and DEC stood for.

FORBES: DEC's Final Demise