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In article <4dc82f$525@steel.interlog.com>,
   daveacg@interlog.com (Dave Glue) wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Jan 1996 15:08:10 -0500, Robert Salasidis
><salasidis@medcor.mcgill.ca> wrote:
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>>As they are unprofitable at the current time, their ability to buy 
>>market share with their cash reserves cannot last forever. We will see 
>>what Apple is able to do after their next round of layoffs and 
>>restructuring.
>
>Losing money is never good.  But frankly, 60 +- million for a company
>of Apple's size is a drop in the bucket.  Cost cutting measures, such
>as laying off $2000 + people, can easily rectify this.  I'm sure the
>2000 being laid off however, aren't exactly enthusiastic about Apple's
>future profits.  Perhaps if Apple hadn't bungled it up before they got
>their jobs and adjusted their lives they wouldn't have to go through
>this.  Nothing new though, management screw ups in business tend to
>get rid of the least responsible first.
>
>Wonder if MS will set up a recruiting stand on Apple's front lawn. :)
>
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I've seen it before, I used to work for Legent and last summer when we were 
being bought out by Computer Associates most of the lab I worked in went to 
Microsoft.  A few of us went to other good computer companies, last I heard 
everyone in the lab had left CA and gone on to other companies... Nothing like 
a good buyout to give your competitors a leg up.

The thing I don't understand is they offered a really nice severance package, 
didn't guarantee jobs, then expected people to stick around while they decided 
if they wanted you or not...

I took the money and ran

Bill Strahm

Programming today is a race between software engineers striving
to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe
trying to produce bigger and better idiots.  So far, the Universe is
winning.
                                                 -- Rich Cook