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- From: bownes@sunbow.East.Sun.COM (Consultant to the Stars)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
- Subject: SSI in deep weeds - anyone know what's going on?
- Date: 24 Jan 1993 20:44:40 GMT
- Organization: School of Corrective Phrenology.
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- I've heard a bunch of rumors in the last 48 hours, some wild, some
- sensible, and few facts. The facts I have been able to confirm are:
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- Fact #1 - The SSI-IBM partnership expired at the end of Dec 1992. Meant
- SSI was going to have to find funding somewhere. No Surprise.
-
- Fact #2 - SSI locked the doors, disconnected the phones, and shut all
- the systems down Friday night with no explanation to anyone. Anyone
- who does know anything is out of town, or unavailable, or not talking.
-
- Fact #3 - Whomever is running this lock-the-doors circus isn't doing a very good job.
- There are alot of scared, uninformed employees spending several days speculating
- on just what is going on. Glad I'm not a manager out there...Glad I'm not out
- there in any capacity anymore.
-
- With IBM's recent troubles, it's no big surprise that they are cutting SSI's funding, but
- cutting them off cold this close to project completion (how close I won't say) seems crazy.
- But then there have been those who speculated that IBM was in it for the technology alone.
-
- I expect Steve and company are spending the weekend (their cars are in the lot...) scrambling
- to find the dollars to keep going. But will IBM let them? IBM still has a great deal of say as
- to who they can cut a deal with. If IBM wants the technology and not the machine, they'll nix
- any last saving deal that anyone offers, otherwise we might just see them rise again Real
- Soon Now. I wish them good luck.
-
- So, anyway, anyone got any more details? I'd expect we'll see something out of Eau Claire
- sometime Moday, but who knows.
-
- Bob
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