Re: Xerox company sold

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From: Quadibloc
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2018 01:41

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On Friday, February 2, 2018 at 5:49:37 PM UTC-7, Rich Alderson wrote:
 
> Then there's that whole "take IBM on head to head inthe computer market" which
> cost Xerox dearly in the 1970s.  No corporation can sustain the kind of loss
> which Xerox did and remain top dog in its core industry.

And now Oracle is doing the same thing, but against what's left of IBM.

John Savard

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