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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: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 18:11:12 GMT
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- dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
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- > In article <BmFsXB1w165w@student.business.uwo.ca> dszpiro@student.business.uw
- > >dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
- > >> 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.
- >
- > Except that Personal Systems is not a "group". It's a corportion unto
- > itself. IBM has spun off most of their groups into separate
- > companies. What did you think the "new IBM" was all this time,
- > anyway?
-
- Personal Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM. It does not have a
- separate set of shareholders or debtholders. This means we have a
- hierarchial/organzational artifact on top of the accounting artifact. IBM
- chose to organize Personal Systems as a corporation for its own reasons,
- perhaps for the sake of motivating employees or for public realtions.
-
- My original comment on the perspective of IBM shareholders still holds: it
- is critical to consider overall corporate performance. Moreover, this can be
- extended to all stakeholders, including customers for OS/2. If IBM performs
- poorly overall, then eventually OS/2 will be affected.
-
- What did you think the "new IBM" was all this time, anyway?
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