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| | | (...) This message is both threatening and reassuring: TLG admits that they're in trouble, but they also decide to do something about it. I hope they will get through this crisis and get out of it stronger and more customer-orientated. Mark --- (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Jesse Long
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| | | | | Mark de Kock wrote in message ... (...) more (...) Good: They realize they need changes. They realize they need these changes in corporate structure and function. Bad: Even their "review" appears to focus only on internal structure, and not product, (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | Jesse Long wrote: <lots of good stuff> (...) This os one observation I disagree with. This is a privately owned firm. Therefore it can have whatever values the owners want. If they choose not to focus on bottom line, they can do that and not have to (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | I read this, and as you know, I guess I feel I have a bit more exposure to companies undergoing change than some of you, as that's what our firm does, help companies change. I found a lot of positive things in the message, but trying to get the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | (...) 1BN? Is that a million million, or a thousand million? (...) I don't know -- I almost always get charged by CA for parts replacement. Which is OK with me. Free was wonderful, but it is a service worth paying for. Especially when they send the (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Jesse Long
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| | | | Steve Bliss wrote in message <36a8c26e.21838254@l...et.com>... (...) One billion is a thousand million. A million million is one trillion, which you never have unless you're talking about the US Debt. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking (...) (26 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | | Jesse Long skrev i meddelandet ... (...) which (...) Depends on the part of the world! Here in Sweden (and most of Europe?), a thousand million is called 'miljard', and a billion is one million million. Sweden US ---...--- Miljon 1 000 000 Million (...) (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) You haven't been following lugnet.robotics.way-off-topic. Steve (26 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) How typically US centric. Tsk, Tsk. Jasper *tongue firmly in cheek* (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Matthew Miller
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| | | | [followup set to lugnet.off-topic.fun] (...) We went through this in the robotics group; it was a mess. But I believe the US usage is derived from the French, so blame them. (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Jasper Janssen
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| | | | (...) I know... I was there. (...) Damn the frogs!! *apologizes in advance to the milliards of French frogs he's just insulted* Jasper (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | (...) Hardly. The french deserve a lot of credit... hmm.. Oh yes. The metric system. AND... raising "haughty" to an art form. (26 years ago, 24-Jan-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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