Re: Where did GODBOUT Electronics go ?

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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 00:00

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In article <yOsZ4.1682$xM5....@news.flash.net> gr...@flash.net
(George R. Gonzalez) writes:

>The Univac-Burroughs merger may go down as one of the oddest
>marriages.  "Let's take two sinking companies, with wildly incompatible
>product lines, different market segments, PO-ed customers, and
>spin it as a POSITIVE thing to do.  Oh yes, give the top honchos HUGE
>profits".  Great idea?  If you're a honcho.

Heck, it worked for Commodore.  :-(

Besides, this gave them the opportunity to combine Sperry's lousy
software support with Burroughs' lousy hardware support.

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Date: 2000/06/01
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