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- From: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
- Subject: Re: Novell signs letter of intent with AT&T to acquire USL
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.162656.24647@sci34hub.sci.com>
- Keywords: UNIX, SVR4, USL, Novell
- Reply-To: gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston)
- Organization: SCI Systems, Inc., Huntsville, Al.
- References: <brian.66.0@SJF.Novell.COM> <1992Dec22.144054.12914@sci34hub.sci.com> <1992Dec22.220657.9742@novell.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 16:26:56 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <1992Dec22.220657.9742@novell.com> dseeman@novell.com (Daniel Seeman) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.144054.12914@sci34hub.sci.com> gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:
- >>In article <brian.66.0@SJF.Novell.COM> brian@SJF.Novell.COM (Brian Meek) writes:
-
- >>>----------------------------------------------------------------
- >>>For Immediate Release:
- >>>Novell signs Letter of Intent with AT&T to ACQUIRE Unix system
- >>>laboratories.
-
- >>Oh, hell....
- [ .... ]
- >My,
-
- >an awefully grumpy response. Can you not give it a chance?
-
- I could, but I can't think of one instance in which a company has
- taken over a competitor, and the acquired company hasn't been destroyed,
- with their products "made compatable with the overall corporate plan"
- (i.e., replaced, compatability be dammed).
-
- NCR was a major manufacturer of 680x0-based computers. They were bought
- by AT&T; no more 68Ks. Same with Fortune Computers (bought by my employers;
- no longer exists).
-
- Seen any DeSotos or Ramblers lately? AMC killed the DeSotos after buying
- the company, then Chrysler killed the Ramblers. What's left of the AMC plants
- build Chrysler designs. Not to mention Willis Jeeps.
-
- Cars, airplanes, computers, software; takeover by a competitor has always
- led to dissolution. It happens in all industries, with companies of all
- sizes. I see no reason that this will be any different; I've seen the same
- promises in the past.
-
-
- --
- Gary Heston SCI Systems, Inc. gary@sci34hub.sci.com site admin
- The Chairman of the Board and the CFO speak for SCI. I'm neither.
- "Data sheet: HSN-3000 Nuclear Event Detector. The [NED] senses the gamma
- radiation pulse [from a] nuclear weapon." As if we wouldn't notice...
-