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- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 17:35:19 -0600
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- From: Vern Cole -- Systems Manager <COLEVE@CC.UVCC.EDU>
- Subject: Re: VMS DECWINDOWS MOTIF 1
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- Andrew Potter writes:
- >Bravo! I have had precisely the same concerns about DEC and the corporate
- >beaurocracies that that I have seen creep into the organization over the years.
- >Although we have not had problems with our local sales and service people
- >(They always want to seem to help, but they seem hampered by a lack of support
- >from above), [...]
-
- So they fire<del><del><del><del>lay off about half of thier local sales and
- service people to save money and keep the same lack-of-supporters above them as
- before. Not a good way to keep customers (or market share).
-
- >Finally, although in this specific case the problem is Motif, the illness
- >extends beyond Motif into the very corporate fabric of DEC.
-
- Indeed, this has been a great concern to me, and I think many others. DEC is
- my favorite software company who also sells hardware. I hope they can kill
- enough of the middle level beaurocracy that they can survive and continue to
- fill the leadership role they have developed in the software industry.
-
- -- Vern Cole -- Systems Manager -- Utah Valley Community College --
-
- P.S.: some DECie please send this up for Ken to see.
-