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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Bought Powermac, Amiga in corner
- Date: Sun, 14 Apr 96 16:42:40
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- References: <damocles.3lc8@nostromo.gate.net> <151505@cup.portal.com> <1996Apr11.110716.54004@cobra.uni.edu>
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- In article <1996Apr11.110716.54004@cobra.uni.edu> sinclap2954@cobra.uni.edu (PETER SINCLAIR-DAY) writes:
- > In article <151505@cup.portal.com>, Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake) writes:
-
- [ Escom losses ]
- > I understand that Escom has taken a $200 million loss. Not good for its size..
-
- Wrong. It was 125 million Marks, or about $80 million. With the huge
- unexpected drop in the PC market that isn't too bad for a billion-dollar
- company.
-
-
- > That $700 million lost is broken down to $200 million for restructuring and the
- > rest is writing down the value of the inventory.
-
- Now I'm not necessarily saying that you're wrong here as well, but just how do
- your $200 million for restructuring and the well-advertised $350 million for
- inventory add up to the known number of $700 million?
-
-
- > | Peter Sinclair-Day POWER MACINTOSH 7100/80 |
- (etc etc)
-
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