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In article <1993Jan21.154134.14631@sae.com> malay@sae.com writes:
>In article 9301204372@ritz.mordor.com, ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
>>AL RASHID SHAHIR (alrashi@ecf.toronto.edu) wrote:
>>
>>OS/2> Oh yes, you say the future is in IBM? Fat chance from a
>>OS/2> company just about to fold!!!
>>
>>Bahahahahaha!  IBM is the largest computer manufacturer in the
>>world.  It is so entertaining hearing a user of Atari products
>>predicting the "fold"ing of IBM.  I think I'm going to have to put
>>that one in my .sig.
>>
>>Chris
>
>Just to clear something up - IBM does NOT sell the most computers in the
>world - in fact, IBM is lucky to be number 3 - Apple outsold everybody in
>1992. If you add IBM machines + clones then total machines sold will be
>more than everybody else sells - but the clone manufacturers are going to
>be the death of IBM as a PC manufacturer - why do you think they need to
>layoff so many people - why did they record nasty losses for 1992???
                                             ^^^^^
You call $7.2 billion "nasty"?  That has got to be the understatement of
the year.  Here in the UK we are worrying about 3 1/2 entire countries being
.038 billion pounds short a year!
  Well OK, I am using the strict definition of a billion for the UK budget
deficit and an American billion for IBM, but still $7 200 000 000.00 is the
biggest corporate loss in the history of the known universe.

- Leo