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Article #305Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective
From: Colette Reap
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 14:10
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 14:10
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In article <D26qsp.19@oasis.icl.co.uk> floyd@wg.icl.co.uk "John Arnold" writes: > Mark Perew (perew@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com) wrote: > : Given this profile of our customer base I sincerely doubt that this > : relatively minor fiasco over the use of LZW in the GIF spec will cost > : Unisys any noticable amount of market share. > > I disagree. What Unisys has done is annoy a large portion of the computing > community. Unisys relies on that community for new staff and new > business. As a result Unisys will find that less people will want to work > for them (and, hence, proportionally less of the talented candidates will > apply for jobs at Unisys). The people in other companies who specify what <snip> To change the subject slightly.... Unisys is already doing a good job at annoying or at least worrying its existing user base (never mind its own employees) with its current 'restructuring' antics, never mind the LZW thing - yet another example of them not only shooting themselves in the foot, but taking aim first. Plus ca change, eh.... -- Colette Reap IS Development Manager Haven Leisure, UK
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1056b0,bf0aced2f502dde0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1056b0,public X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,bf0aced2f502dde0 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-Thread: ff68d,bf0aced2f502dde0 X-Google-Attributes: gidff68d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-10 09:35:09 PST Newsgroups: comp.sys.unisys,gnu.misc.discuss,alt.online-service.compuserve From: Colette@haven1.demon.co.uk (Colette Reap) Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!dearn!blekul11!idefix.CS.kuleuven.ac.be!ub4b!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net! swrinde!pipex!lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk!warwick!qmw!peernews.demon.co.uk!demon!haven1.demon.co.uk!Colette Subject: Re: Boycott on Unisys still effective References: <YLO.95Jan7234633@shadows.cs.hut.fi> <3end5q$l32@xcalibur.IntNet.net> <D22DzF.Ipu@kithrup.com> <3enqb7$mc1@xcalibur.IntNet.net> <3epe5d$bmj@mudraker.mtholyoke.edu> <3epkqa$dmu@xcalibur.IntNet.net> <3eq59j$s94@kaiwan009.kaiwan.com> <D26qsp.19@oasis.icl.co.uk> Organization: Haven Leisure Reply-To: Colette@haven1.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: Demon Internet Simple News v1.29 Lines: 24 X-Posting-Host: haven1.demon.co.uk Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1995 14:10:19 +0000 Message-ID: <789747019snz@haven1.demon.co.uk> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk