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- From: hal@pollux (Hal N. Brooks)
- Subject: Re: MLIS (was Micropolis (MILS)
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- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 04:36:15 GMT
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- gary@cdthq.UUCP (Gary Heston) writes:
- >hal@pollux (Hal N. Brooks) writes:
- >
- >> [ ... ]
- >> Also, I have a vague recollection of a hard drive manufacturer
- >> in 1988 or so being accused of cooking the books. As I recall,
- >> they were accused of shipping bricks (I swear, that's the way
- >> I remember it) to make it look like they were shipping more
- >> than they actually were. Was that Micropolis? I'm pretty sure
- >> it started with an M, and I remember confusing two such companies
- >> at the time.
- >
- >That was MicroSci, not Micropolis. Different companies. MicroSci
- >was doing more than cooking the books; they were intentionally
- >shipping nonfunctional drives to meet orders and claim sales.
- >
- >I'm not sure if MicroSci still exists; I haven't seen anything
- >about them recently.
- >
-
- Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sure you must be right.
-
- -hal
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