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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: ESCOM Press Release
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Nostromo
- From: damocles@nostromo.gate.net (Randy Vice)
- Message-ID: <damocles.3izc@nostromo.gate.net>
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 96 10:40:17 EST
-
- On Sun 31-Mar-1996 7:05a, Jason Compton wrote:
- JC> Jeroen T. Vermeulen (jtv@xs4all.nl) wrote:
-
- JC> : But why the hell does Schmitt need to be replaced when the entire
- JC> industry has
- JC> : suffered? DEC dropped. IBM dropped. Dell dropped. Philips dropped.
- JC> Apple
- JC> : dropped. Everybody's revenue and stocks dropped, and so did Escom's. A
- JC> sizable
- JC> : portion of the large PC manufacturers I know have announced they're
- JC> retreating
- JC> : from the (desktop) PC business. How can this undermine confidence in
- JC> Schmitt
- JC> : who built up such a successful company?
-
- JC> Because he took a big gamble last year. He expanded the company in major
- JC> ways three times (Commodore, Rumbelows, RWE) and the return on the balance
- JC> sheet was lousy, PC industry hit notwithstanding. So someone had to be
- JC> held accountable.
-
- JC> I'm not saying I agree with the decision. But that's how 1995 unfolded
- JC> for Escom.
-
- Which was a bit fool hearty (although I don't think the extremely cheap buyout
- of CBM corpse was all that bad of a deal:) on his part considering the
- European unemployement rate of 10-13% (as per USN&WR). Its not likely to get
- any better reguadless of NA's economic movements.
-
- Perhaps AT will finally focus their attention on the NA which is far more
- economic healthier then Europe. And not with old CBM stock.......
-
- : damocles@nostromo.gate.net : Bruce Morrow,a man before and after his time:
- :"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the :
- :United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms." :
- : - Samual Adams : Morrow Project Recon: The Expendible Ones :
-