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- Subject: Re: Australian Products
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.142955.165615@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
- From: pjk@mod.dsto.gov.au (Peter Kootsookos)
- Date: 22 Jan 93 14:29:53 CST
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- raob@mullian.ee.mu.oz.au (r. oxbrow) writes:
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- >Rather than sulking about the sale of Austek to a US company you should ask
- >your self why it happened.
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- Ken Wood (among many other ex-Austek employees) is far more qualified than I
- am to speak about such things.
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- > - speak to the OZ companies that invested in Austek.
- > (they invested far more than $A0.02)
-
- Whatever.
-
- You have missed the point I was making:
-
- This is one reason why people in Australia are somewhat neurotic
- about foreign companies, they fear the operation will be moved
- off-shore.
-
- >Of course the Government could invest in such companies..
-
- Eeek! Don't just look at the VEDC, what about the SA State Bank and WA, Inc.
- scandals as well. I don't think this is a particularly good idea.
-
- Ciao,
-
- Peter K.
- pjk@mod.dsto.gov.au
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