Re: zenith sucks

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2 total messages Started by goldstein Mon, 11 Dec 1989 19:18

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Author: goldstein
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1989 19:18

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In article <910@unocss..unl.edu>, ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) writes...
>On a somewhat related note:  didn't Zenith just get bought by a bunch of 
>French guys, or was I kinda fuzzy when I was reading my chum's PC Rag?

Funny you should ask.  Groupe Bull of France (the folks who bought
Honeywell IS) has made an arrangement to buy ZDS from Zenith Corp.
The sale hasn't gone through yet; the desk clerk at our local Heathkit
store said it would likely be consummated around the new year.  As
you may recall, Heathkit is part of ZDS.  So Bull will now be in the
audio, test, weather, ham radio and miscellaneous equipment business
too.

No jokes about Multics kits, okay?  Bad enough that a company named 
"Bull" uses that name in an Anglophone country.
       fred

RIP Heathkit (was: zenith sucks)

#115

Author: "REB - Tennessee Lamb"
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 1989 17:35

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In article <6798@shlump.nac.dec.com> goldstein@delni.enet.dec.com writes:
>In article <910@unocss..unl.edu>, ho@fergvax.unl.edu (Tiny Bubbles...) writes...
>The sale hasn't gone through yet; the desk clerk at our local Heathkit
>store said it would likely be consummated around the new year.  As
>you may recall, Heathkit is part of ZDS.  So Bull will now be in the
>audio, test, weather, ham radio and miscellaneous equipment business
>too.

If you've been to a Heathkit store lately, you probably noticed how  they have
very  few kits  in stock.   It   is my understanding  that  they are currently
phasing the kit business to be more  of a  mail order business. From what I've
seen, they are also headed  more towards the business  market in the  computer
area.  The stores are pretty empty, and the 'outside sales force' is providing
more  of the bucks.  There's *nothing* to buy! -  well that's as compared to 5
years ago... Who knows what the gnu owners will do...
                                                        reb

                                reb@rtech.com reb%rtech.com@lll-winken.llnl.GOV
                                h:861 Washington Westwood NJ 07675 201-666-9207
I've been warped by the rain,
driven by the snow drunk and dirty don't you know and I'm still willin'...

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