Re: Bad News from IBM for Rochester...

["Booth Martin" <Booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The local IBM foundry here laid off 500 engineer-types today.  That follows
a 1000+ layoff a few months ago.  Their manufacturing orders for chips is
down hugely.

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Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com
Booth@MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
From: midrange-l@midrange.com
Date: Wednesday, November 28, 2001 10:42:52 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: Re: Bad News from IBM for Rochester...
Valid point.
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Chris Rehm wrote:
> Well, Don, I'm not sure what you mean. The layoffs sure didn't looked

> focused around the iSeries, did they? Or even iSeries heavy. Maybe I

> missed that part.

>

> Don wrote:

>

> >

> >all goes back to marketing....

> >

> >Did anyone read the articles on HP dropping the the 3000 line? In

> >Computerweek last week it was mentioned that with the 3000 gone, the only

> >ones left running proprietary o/s's were some Compaq one I've never heard

> >of much....and the AS/400....

> >

> >No surpises here...also this doesn't mention the layoffs in the services

> >division and the SE's....and events happening to CE's....

> >

> >

> >You guys just finally smelling the coffee here???

> >

> >Didn't any of you watch Duncan get up and tell god and the world that the

> >iSeries was a unix and windows server!? Uh, didn't you figure that out

> >then???

> >

> >

> --

> Chris Rehm

> javadisciple@earthlink.net

>