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- cid@athena.mit.edu (Derek H Cedillo) writes:
- >I hate to see GE lose a part of itself, but it was a wise move.
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- A relative of mine works in a satellite manufacturing plant in New Jersey
- which is part of the deal. (He refers to that plant, and I don't know how
- much else, as "Astro".) It was bought by GE from RCA two or three years ago.
- He says that when GE took charge, they made many changes for the worse. For
- instance they brought in a computerized procurement system which was
- inappropriate for the satellite business -- it would have been better suited
- to a light bulb factory.
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- Since Martin Marietta has much more interest in satellites than GE did, he
- has hopes that the new transition will not be as bad.
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- Norman Yarvin yarvin@cs.yale.edu
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