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- From: tcashin@zeus.ladc.bull.com ()
- Subject: Re: Re:Zenith
- References: <1992Nov17.014217.4416@wam.umd.edu>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:22:53 GMT
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- Organization: Bull HN Information Systems Inc. Los Angeles Development Center
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- In article <1992Nov17.014217.4416@wam.umd.edu>, cali@wam.umd.edu (Cali
- Chen) writes:
- |> Someone asked about ZE. I own it and am going to buy more.
- |>I am betting on their technology. Too bad their management is stupid.
- |>
- |>They delayed responding to price cuts by competitors and lost market
- |>share. Their FTM monitors were delayed during the second quarter
- |>because of upgrades and start-up conditions, but their negotiating with
- |>several companies for the dev. of customized FTM monitors.
- |>
-
- This stuff is built by Zenith Data Systems which is now owned by
- Groupe Bull, a
- French mainframe & unix builder. Bull bought ZDS from Zenith
- Electronics a couple of
- years ago. ZE wanted to concentrate on their core business and
- research in HDTV.
-
- |>ZE developed stero sound but they let competitors profit from it
- |>without collecting royalties. They learned their lesson and now collect
- |>royalty income for their tuner technology. They also expect
- |>benefit from patented HDTV tech no matter whose system is adopted.
- |>
- |>Cali
- |>
-
- Tim
-