chas@gtss.gatech.edu (Charles Cleveland) (04/25/89)
From the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, 25 April 1989. Commodore's M. Toy Quits As Head of U.S. Operations West Chester, Pa. -- May Toy resigned as the head of U.S. Operations at Commorodore International Ltd. after a year and a half at the job, apparently because of continuing furstrations at the company over lackluster U.S. results. Chairman Irving Gould declined to elaborate on a news release's single sentence about Mr. Toy, which said he "resigned to pursue other interests." But Mr. Gould said that "we still have a tremendous way to go in the U.S." Mr. Gould, Commodore's major shareholder, called its U.S. strategy sound, but said he thought the execution had been weak. The company as a whole has been progressing, he said. Mr. Gould has described himself as an impatient man, and the personal- computer maker has been a revolving door for senior executives in the past few years as U.S. operations have been slow to turn around. Mr. Toy was succeeded by Harold D. Copperman, formerly a marketing executive with Apple Computer Inc. Mr. Toy declined to comment on why he left, except to say that "it was my choice, my decision, and I'm very, very happy with my decision." He also said that "I'm real happy with what we accomplished." Mr. Toy, who has held senior positions at Compaq Computer Corp. and ITT Corp., added that he has several alternatives for other jobs, but that he hasn't yet chosen one. In New York Stock Exchange composite trading yesterday, Commodore closed at $18.50, down 37.5 cents. -- "Our vision is to speed up time, eventually eliminating it." -- Alex Schure Charles Cleveland Georgia Tech School of Physics Atlanta, GA 30332-0430 UUCP: ...!gatech!gtss!chas INTERNET: chas@gtss.gatech.edu
hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) (04/26/89)
In article <405@gtss.gatech.edu> chas@gtss.gatech.edu (Charles Cleveland) writes: > From the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, 25 April 1989. > > Commodore's M. Toy Quits As Head of U.S. Operations ............. > > Mr. Toy was succeeded by Harold D. Copperman, formerly a marketing > executive with Apple Computer Inc. > Can we now expect, gifts etct to universities, colleges and other institutions of learning ?? especially to Comp Sci Departments, Fine Arts, Broadcasting etc.. Where do we apply ?? :-) mark -- H.M. Hubey VOICE: 201-893-5269 hubey@OSultrix.montclair.edu hubey@pilot.njin.net hubey@apollo.montclair.edu
dnye@bbn.com (David Nye) (04/26/89)
In article <Apr.25.17.32.45.1989.27948@pilot.njin.net> hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) writes: >In article <405@gtss.gatech.edu> chas@gtss.gatech.edu (Charles Cleveland) writes: > >> From the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, 25 April 1989. >> >> Commodore's M. Toy Quits As Head of U.S. Operations > ............. >> >> Mr. Toy was succeeded by Harold D. Copperman, formerly a marketing >> executive with Apple Computer Inc. I'm Sorry to see him go, but wish him well in any endevor he goes for!!! I hope Mr. Copperman can fill some of Mr. Toy's shoes... Dave Nye ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- = // Dave Nye -- President, Southern New Hampshire AMIGA Users Group = = // dnye@bbn.com dnye%bbn.com@relay.cs.net ...!harvard!bbn!dnye = = \\// BBN, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., My Employers computer, MY opinion.. = ===============================================================================
hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) (04/26/89)
In article <39118@bbn.COM> dnye@bbn.com (David Nye) writes: > In article <Apr.25.17.32.45.1989.27948@pilot.njin.net> hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) writes: > >In article <405@gtss.gatech.edu> chas@gtss.gatech.edu (Charles Cleveland) writes: > > > >> From the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, 25 April 1989. > >> > >> Commodore's M. Toy Quits As Head of U.S. Operations > > ............. > >> > >> Mr. Toy was succeeded by Harold D. Copperman, formerly a marketing > >> executive with Apple Computer Inc. > > I'm Sorry to see him go, but wish him well in any endevor he goes for!!! > > I hope Mr. Copperman can fill some of Mr. Toy's shoes... > > Dave Nye If my posting seemed to imply that Max Toy was not doing a good job, I am sorry about that. Nothing like that was intended. I think of Apple as having the best marketing department in Hi-tech....including IBM. I was evoking positive feelings for the future and not negative felings for the past. I am not in a position to pass judgement on competence of either fellow. I only wish C-A the best...that's all... mark -- H.M. Hubey VOICE: 201-893-5269 hubey@OSultrix.montclair.edu hubey@pilot.njin.net hubey@apollo.montclair.edu
limonce@pilot.njin.net (Tom Limoncelli) (04/26/89)
In article <405@gtss.gatech.edu> chas@gtss.gatech.edu (Charles Cleveland) writes: > From the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, 25 April 1989. > > Commodore's M. Toy Quits As Head of U.S. Operations > > West Chester, Pa. -- May Toy resigned as the head of U.S. Operations at > Commodore International Ltd. after a year and a half at the job, > apparently because of continuing frustrations at the company over > lackluster U.S. results. Would someone please pinch me? At JAUG he seemed to really like his job and was about to see a number of Good Things happening. Now someone pinch me and tell me that it's not true. Ok? -Tom "Who doesn't get WSJ" Limoncelli -- Tom Limoncelli -- tlimonce@drunivac.Bitnet -- limonce@pilot.njin.net Drew University -- Madison, NJ -- 201-408-5389 Standard Disclaim er.
papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (04/26/89)
In article <Apr.25.17.32.45.1989.27948@pilot.njin.net| hubey@pilot.njin.net (Hubey) writes: |In article <405@gtss.gatech.edu| chas@gtss.gatech.edu (Charles Cleveland) writes: || From the Wall Street Journal, Tuesday, 25 April 1989. || Commodore's M. Toy Quits As Head of U.S. Operations | ............. || || Mr. Toy was succeeded by Harold D. Copperman, formerly a marketing || executive with Apple Computer Inc. |Can we now expect, gifts etct to universities, colleges and other |institutions of learning ?? especially to Comp Sci Departments, Fine |Arts, Broadcasting etc.. The WSJ article DID say that one of the new markets CBM is going to focus is "education". -- Marco Papa 'Doc' -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= uucp:...!pollux!papa BIX:papa ARPAnet:pollux!papa@oberon.usc.edu "There's Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Diga!" -- Leo Schwab [quoting Rick Unland] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=