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- From: stkeith@kittyhawk.ecn.uoknor.edu (Steve T Keith)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Future of OS/2 and IBM????????????
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- Date: 16 Dec 92 17:11:17 GMT
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- woc8r@ruby.cs.Virginia.EDU (William Owen Carlson) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec15.210437.934@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> ashwath@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Ashwath Ram) writes:
- >> Hi, netters just a thought. IBM doesn't seem to be doing so hot
- >>financially they just said they are going to be laying off 25,000
- >>more people next year this after 40,000 have already been allocated
- >>to be laid off this year.
-
- >Please be a little more precise. IBM has NEVER laid anyone off. Truthfully,
- >the early retirement plan that they offer is VERY attractive. Also, the
- >whole point of their doing this is to make the company leaner (get rid of
- >some of that famous IBM beauracracy). Personally, I think that it's a
- >good plan, and one that we can't expect to work in one year. Give it some
- >time.
-
- Ah, but it is rumored that next year, IBM will actually *layoff* some of
- its employees (I believe in the factories...could be mistaken). This was
- mentioned yesterday on CNN (the day IBM's stock dropped over 5 points!)
-
- just my $0.03 worth (inflation)...
-
- Steve Keith
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