Internal scuttlebutt at Digital Equipment Corp put Component king Charlie Christ in the running to take some of the titles chief executive Bob Palmer has collected, according to our sister publication ClieNT Server News. Armchair speculators wonder how long Palmer can remain chairman, chief executive and president. They also notice the end of DEC’s fiscal year has arrived. What better time to anoint a second-in-command, the reasoning goes. It is also believed Christ will edge Semiconductor boss Ed Caldwell out. DEC, meanwhile, isn’t having all that great time of it financially and is said to have tightened its belt, paying contractors and suppliers late.
