ron@celerity.UUCP (Ron McDaniels) (06/19/85)
In article <3865@alice.UUCP> wolit@alice.UUCP (Jan Wolitzky) writes: >The big question this week is, when Reagan urged America's youth to >emulate the entrepreneurial spirit of those young men who started a >multi-million dollar high-tech company in their garage, was he >referring to Apple Computer, which last week layed off 1,200 workers >and closed three of its six plants, or to Hewlett-Packard, which today >announced that its 84,000 employees would be furloughed for three days >next month? Or perhaps he was talking about Data ("The Soul of a New >Machine") General, which is firing 1,300 people and closing its U.S. >plants for five days this summer? >-- >Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; alice!wolit >(Affiliation given for identification purposes only) Color me dense. I really don't understand what point wolit@alice is trying to make. Could it be that working for a multi-billion $ conglomerate that can absorb the kind of high-tech lethergy we are seeing today has caused more than a little calousness ("Let them eat cake. . .")? Sure wish my company had the money to develop a Face Server! R. L. (Ron) McDaniels . CELERITY COMPUTING . 9692 Via Excelencia Way . San Diego (619) 271-9940 {decvax || ucbvax || ihnp4 || philabs}!sdcsvax!celerity!ron (Affiliation given because I'm proud to work here)
matt@prism.UUCP (06/22/85)
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The big question this week is, when Reagan urged America's youth to
emulate the entrepreneurial spirit of those young men who started a
multi-million dollar high-tech company in their garage, was he
referring to Apple Computer, which last week layed off 1,200 workers
and closed three of its six plants, or to Hewlett-Packard, which today
announced that its 84,000 employees would be furloughed for three days
next month? Or perhaps he was talking about Data ("The Soul of a New
Machine") General, which is firing 1,300 people and closing its U.S.
plants for five days this summer?
--
Jan Wolitzky, AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill, NJ; 201 582-2998; alice!wolit
(Affiliation given for identification purposes only)
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Actually, he was advising them to emulate Jobs and Wozniak by selling black
boxes to steal thousands of dollars in long distance phone calls from AT&T!
:-)