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Article #40Vogon News 27 August 1992
From: Richard Naylor
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 23:05
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 23:05
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VNS UK SPORTS REPORT .............................. 29 "
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VNS COMPUTER NEWS: [Tracy Talcott, VNS Computer Desk]
================== [Nashua, NH, USA ]
Tuesday's Market Digital Fair Market Value
Quote Change 2-Dec-1991 $60.6875
IBM 87 1/8 +2 29-May-1992 $42.4375
85% of lower $36.250
Wednesday's Market Dow Jones Change 1-Jun-1992 $40.750
DEC 35 3/4 - 1/8 3246.81 +14.59
Apple - Has purchased Eastman Kodak's color printer technology for use in
future computers
{The Wall Street Journal, 25-Aug-92, p. B7}
{Contributed by: Mike Taylor}
Terms of the pact were not given. The companies said it is part of a larger
agreement in which all of Apple's future computers will be able to read Photo
CD disks. Kodak also plans to use Apple's machines in its new "imaging
workstations". The imaging workstations will be sold to specialty copy shops
and photo retailers for rental to customers who want to record sound and
pictures on their disks.
Wang - Creditors' committee ready to be formed
{The Nashua Telegraph, 26-Aug-92}
The U.S. Trustee is expected to appoint a committee from Wang's 20 largest
creditors today. That committee will play a key role in advising the
bankruptcy judge whether to accept Wang's reorganization plan, which hasn't
been completed.
Digital - Rolls-Royce chooses Digital's Cohesion ASD/SEE for key pilot project
{Livewire, Worldwide News, 26-Aug-92}
NEI Control Systems Limited (NEI-CSL), a part of the Rolls-Royce Industrial
Power Group, selected Digital to deliver a comprehensive software environment
for the design and development of high quality, high integrity software
systems. NEI-CSL specializes in the design and supply of control and
instrumentation systems.
Using COHESION ASD/SEE (Aerospace-Defense/Software Engineering Environment),
the basis for NEI's selection, Digital will provide a facility which is
consistent with the Rolls-Royce Aerospace and Industrial Power Groups strategy
to define a common environment to support the multiple software development
initiatives currently underway.
"This award signals international recognition of ASD/SEE as a world-class
software solution," said Al Olsen, Software Engineering Group Marketing
manager. "It offers our customers a software engineering environment that is
based on a suite of tools selected by our customers, and represents the best
in class."
COHESION ASD/SEE is a component of Digital's COHESION environment, a
comprehensive set of integrated software products and services for computer-
aided software engineering (CASE). Based on Digital's Network Application
Support (NAS) architecture and designed for both VMS and UNIX platforms, the
COHESION environment brings together multiple computing platforms, vendors,
tools, application types, computing styles and support services for
development projects of all sizes.
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UNIX is a trademark of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc.
Digital, AMP-AKZO - Finalize sale of Greenville PWB facility
{Livewire, Worldwide News, 25-Aug-92}
The sale of Digital's Greenville, South Carolina Printed Wiring Board (PWB)
facility to AMP-AKZO of Hauppauge, New York, has been finalized. All active
Digital employees have been offered jobs by the new owners.
Ed McDonough, vice president, Manufacturing and Logistics, said the
Greenville operation, under AMP-AKZO's ownership, will continue to be a
supplier to Digital and to play an important role in the supply chain. Ed
explained that the decision to sell Greenville is based on Digital's
manufacturing strategy, which centers on investing in areas that support
Digital's core competencies and divesting from those that do not differentiate
the company from its competitors.
AMP-AKZO Corp. provides high-quality, value-added printed circuit board
materials, chemicals, processes, products and services to the electronic
industry.
VNS UK SPORTS REPORT: [Ken Merrick, VNS Sports Desk]
===================== [Valbonne, France ]
||| CRICKET
Alan Lamb has been fined an unspecified "maximum sum" and suspended for two
weeks following the publication of an unapproved article in the Daily
Mirror. In the article, Lamb accused the Pakistan bowlers of cheating.
||| FOOTBALL
World Cup qualifier : Latvia ...... 0 Denmark ..... 0
Friendly Matches : France ...... 0 Brazil ...... 2
Roumania .... 2 Mexico ...... 0
Norway ...... 2 Sweden ...... 2
Poland ...... 0 Finland ..... 0
FA Premier League
Arsenal ....... 2 Oldham Athletic .... 0
Chelsea ....... 0 Blackburn Rovers ... 0
Coventry City . 0 Queen's Park Rangers 1
Manchester City 3 Norwich City ....... 1
Barclays League First Division
Leicester City 3 Derby County ....... 2
Skol Cup 4th Round
Falkirk ....... 1 Aberdeen ........... 4
Dundee Utd .... 2 Rangers ............ 3 (aet)
Hearts ........ 1 Celtic ............. 2
||| MOTOR SPORT
Ferrari have confirmed that Gerhard Berger will drive for them in 1993.
The Austrian has signed a three-year contract
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