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- From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
- Subject: Re: News on 2.1 Release
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.205759.9615@sequent.com>
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- References: <1jip6uINNrn2@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> <ePFoXB9w165w@tcscs.UUCP> <1993Jan20.160446.25054@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1993Jan21.183524.15060@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 20:57:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.183524.15060@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan20.160446.25054@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> gchalk@nyx.cs.du.edu (Geoff Chalk) writes:
- >>
- >>I would like to remind everybody that is complaning that there might be
- >>(and most likely will be) a charge for the upgrade to OS/2 2.1
- >>that yesterday (1/19/93) IBM declared 4th quarted\r losses of
- >>over $5,000,000,000.00.....yup thats % billion dollars for
- >>OCT, NOV, & DEC 92!!!
- >
- >The vast majority of which was related to one-time charges incurred
- >due to early retirement and various other downsizing moves.
- >
-
- If I remember the numbers correctly, this represents the net loss
- for the quarter due to the restructuring charge; reducing the
- capitalization for the company, and reflecting the downward pricing
- of the stock as well.
-
- One thing people forget, is that this only represents 12% of the
- gross income for the quarter, and that it's the only loss for the
- year as I understand it. It's not like UNISYS a few years back,
- where in the first quarter they lost 25% of their NET WORTH as a
- company. That's something to worry about...
-
- ..Paul
-
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