home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!caen!umeecs!umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!usdta004
- From: usdta004@mmm.serc.3m.com (Timothy S. Shea)
- Subject: Re: Is DEC history???
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.171459.19387@mmm.serc.3m.com>
- Organization: 3M - St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 US
- References: <lkingsley-240792091844@lkingsley.crd.ge.com>
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 17:14:59 GMT
- Lines: 18
-
- From article <lkingsley-240792091844@lkingsley.crd.ge.com>, by lkingsley@crd.ge.com (Lorne J. Kingsley):
- > Howdy all.
- >
- > DEC announced yesterday they had a loss of 1.8 BILLION dollars!!! Yeah,
- > that's BILLION with a 'B'. Now to IBM, that may not be the end of the
- > world, but how long is DEC going to survive with losses like that?
- >
- > They finally convinced Ken Olsen to step aside ("PC's? Who needs PCs??"),
- > but is the damage already done?
- >
-
- The majority of that loss is a one time charge for cutting costs and
- employees... DEC will be around for a while yet...
-
-
- --
- internet: tsshea@mmm.com timothy shea
- compuserve: 76300,1230 Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
-