Hi Miroslav,
The Tek 40 Year History book is called, "Winning With People: The First 40 Years of Tektronix" by Marshall M. Lee. I don't know of any other official Tek
History books. The current bunch at Tek do not like to discuss Tek History very much. It was a GLORIOUS history and a DARNED hard act to follow. You can
find copies of this book on eBay occasionally. It came in soft cover and hard cover versions. The hard cover versions are rarer and generally more expensive.
Marshall M. Lee was hired by Tek management to write this book for them in about 1985. It was published in 1986 and is, of course, copyrighted by Tektronix.
Since Marshall M. Lee never worked at Tektronix, he got all of his information "second-hand" and I am certain he was given specific instructions regarding
exactly WHO to interview. I am also certain that the manuscript was carefully edited to make sure Tek's image would not be tarnished by what was written in
it. Obviously, no company is perfect (although early Tek was about as perfect as any company I have ever seen) and there are many unofficial Tek stories going
around these parts among ex-Tek employees that are at least as interesting as most of what you can read in the official book. For example, I don't recall
reading in that book about any payments that Tek made to the U.S. Government for apparent violations of Government contract terms . . . maybe that is in there
somewhere . . . but I don't recall it. Or any times that Tek was taken to court and LOST . . . Every company has its dirty laundry, including Tek.
Stan
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Miroslav Pokorni wrote:
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I was wandering if book published for Tek's 40th anniversary is available for sale and where there any other history books published after and before 40th.
