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warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) writes:

> neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) writes:
> 
> >	"IBM has so many employees worldwide that if they were all in one
> >	place and that place was called a country then it would be the fifth
> >	largest country in the world."
> 
> >	"IBM has so much money in the bank that the interest alone can pay
> >	those peoples wages such that they could stop making computers
> >	tomorrow and still keep everyone in a job if they had a mind to."
> 
> China     = 1000M
> India     =  866M
> USA       =  252M              [CIS excluded - it's a collection of countries
> Indonesia =  193M
> Brazil    =  155M
> 
> So, let's say IBM has at LEAST 156M employees.  (though I've probably
> missed some other HUGE country somewhere, like Australia :-]) 
> Warwick
 
 Yes you did Warwick, there is a major factory in Wangerata in NSW with
 the head office in Sydney.  The NSW factory produces among other thinks
 AS400's, PS2's etc etc 


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