[net.followup] JARTRAN vs Ryder

wex@ittvax.UUCP (Alan Wexelblat) (08/31/83)

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The comparisons of JARTRAN and Ryder are interesting.  Perhaps a history
lesson might shed some light here:

Did you know that JARTRAN and Ryder business practices are essentially
identical?  Do you know why?  Well, it seems that a man named John (?) A.
Ryder set up a truck rental company some time ago.  He had several new 
ideas, and he rapidly grew to dominate the business, making a lot of money
in the process.

Now when a company gets that big, it usually becomes the property of several