tcm@srhqla.SR.COM (Tim Meighan) (12/21/89)
In article <1106@wrgate.WR.TEK.COM> brandonl@amadeus.WR.TEK.COM (Brandon G. Lovested) writes: >IBM is in deep trouble as we speak. The Third Reich is crumbling... Oh? I think IBM will manage to struggle along as, the world's most successful computer manufacturer/seller, for a little while yet . . . this is the kind of trouble _I_ could use a little more of. Perhaps you were thinking of Miniscribe. Now THAT'S "deep trouble!" Happy holidays to one and all! Tim Meighan SilentRadio
davidsen@crdos1.crd.ge.COM (Wm E Davidsen Jr) (12/22/89)
In article <1229@srhqla.SR.COM> tcm@srhqla.SR.COM (Tim Meighan) writes: | Oh? I think IBM will manage to struggle along as, the world's most | successful computer manufacturer/seller, for a little while yet . . . | this is the kind of trouble _I_ could use a little more of. There is a good article on IBM in the recent _PC Week_ V6#50, page 10. I will only say that it appears that a goodly number of IBM middle managers will be money ahead to retire now rather than keep working. This is very likely to result in a serious brain drain, as people either pack it in or "retire" and go to a competitor. I have seen two articles which state that the offer is open to everyone, one which states that it's for hourly workers only. In light of this article, I will assume that management is included. -- bill davidsen (davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM -or- uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen) "The world is filled with fools. They blindly follow their so-called 'reason' in the face of the church and common sense. Any fool can see that the world is flat!" - anon