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- <text id=91TT2461>
- <title>
- Nov. 04, 1991: Business Notes:The Boardroom
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Nov. 04, 1991 The New Age of Alternative Medicine
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 65
- Business Notes
- THE BOARDROOM
- Computer King Counted Out
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- <p> Not long ago, Compaq Computer president Rod Canion was being
- called a genius. Now he isn't even called president. Last week,
- one day after Compaq announced the first quarterly loss in its
- corporate history and the layoff of 1,440 employees, Canion was
- dismissed by Compaq's board of directors.
- </p>
- <p> Launched in 1982, Houston-based Compaq immediately made
- its mark with portable personal computers. Compaq reached $1
- billion in annual sales in just five years, then a worldwide
- record. Today Compaq trails only IBM and Apple among PC makers.
- But that market is going through a major slump, which has
- forced Compaq to slash its once premium prices. At the same
- time, Compaq has had trouble expanding into the market for more
- powerful machines. Canion was replaced by Eckhard Pfeiffer,
- Compaq's executive vice president.
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- </body></article>
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