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- From: dszpiro@student.business.uwo.ca (Daniel A. Szpiro)
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Organization: University of Western Ontario
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:57:22 GMT
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
-
- > In article <C17LxL.BA7@rice.edu> amitp@owlnet.rice.edu writes:
- > >In article <1993Jan20.160446.25054@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, gchalk@nyx.cs.du.ed
- > >|> I would like to remind everybody that is complaning that there might be
- > >|> (and most likely will be) a charge for the upgrade to OS/2 2.1
- > >|> that yesterday (1/19/93) IBM declared 4th quarted\r losses of
- > >|> over $5,000,000,000.00.....yup thats % billion dollars for
- > >
- > >I read somewhere that this is the biggest loss any company has ever
- > >had in a quarter... :(
- >
- > This is misleading. Personal systems (makers of PS/n's, and OS/2) has
- > turned a significant profit, and is HIRING new employees. Let's not
- > lump the mainframe division (and other groups) losses in with the
- > rest, OK?
-
- Group losses and group profits are bookkeeping artifacts. There are no
- 'water-tight' financial seals between groups. If the mainframe group
- is bleeding and needs cash, this still affects the ability of IBM to
- raise capital for new projects, including those in the Personal
- Systems group. Holders of IBM debt and equity have to consider overall
- corporate performance.
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