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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 3151.1 | one answer | ANNECY::HOTCHKISS | | Wed Jun 08 1994 06:15 | 11 |
| Stephane,
Nothing precise but I would not bet on it if only because our
*perceived* market value is very low.We seem to be attached too much to
Digital even though this is not completely true.I am constantly amazed
at the difference in quality between DC and external houses-we are
pretty good really.This won't save DC however-the CSPs could and might
if they get motoring quickly or if we get a few who have experience
other than inside Digital...
I would bet on a completely seperate unit with some tenuous financial
tie which will be cut within 6 months-time to sink or swim.
|
| 3151.2 | | BALZAC::STURT | Totally wired | Wed Jun 08 1994 08:27 | 5 |
| The rumour that CAP GEMINI has made an offer is persistent. I heard
that the offer is for DC Europe only. Now I'm not quite sure how
they's go about 'amputating' DC Europe.
Edward.
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| 3151.3 | BETTER PRICE? | STOWOA::ODIAZ | Octavio, Dev. Suppt. Svcs - MCS/SPS | Wed Jun 08 1994 09:46 | 6 |
|
If by several companies means breaking DC and selling it in pieces,
we may get more money that way. DC has different expertises that
together may not be that attractive to one suitor, but in pieces
smaller or more focused companies could be more interested and
willing to pay more $$$$.
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| 3151.4 | | NPSS::BRANAM | Steve, Network Product Support | Wed Jun 08 1994 12:09 | 3 |
| Funny, I remember Cap Gemini supplying contractors to Digital
in Dallas. They probably want to buy DC so they can rent the
people out to Digital.
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| 3151.5 | shared experiences? | DPDMAI::EYSTER | Still chasin' neon dreams | Wed Jun 08 1994 12:36 | 7 |
| > Funny, I remember Cap Gemini supplying contractors to Digital
^^^^^
>in Dallas. They probably want to buy DC so they can rent the
That's exactly how I remember the Cap Gemini contractors, too! :^]
Tex
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| 3151.6 | AT&D ? | CHEFS::HEELAN | Dale limosna, mujer...... | Wed Jun 08 1994 14:49 | 8 |
| Mmmm.....
PCF goes to AT&T
Sergio goes to AT&T
European DC goes to .....?
Makes you think, doesn't it ?
John
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| 3151.7 | | GLDOA::KATZ | Follow your conscience | Tue Jun 14 1994 10:05 | 5 |
|
Heard that it was announced to the press in Geneva Monday and
that Thursday it will be officially announced via the board.
-Jim-
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| 3151.8 | Crossed FIngers for Good Nesw | HOTAIR::ADAMS | Visualize Whirled Peas! | Tue Jun 14 1994 10:50 | 6 |
| re: .7
Heard What? That DC has been sold? Gresh goes to the BOD on Thursday,
maybe FY95 will be good afterall. :)
--- Gavin
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| 3151.9 | | GLDOA::KATZ | Follow your conscience | Tue Jun 14 1994 11:07 | 2 |
| RE -1
Yes I heard that DC has been sold. To whom I do not know.
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| 3151.10 | | ARCANA::CONNELLY | foggy, rather groggy | Tue Jun 14 1994 12:48 | 7 |
|
re: .7
I don't get how something like this could be announced to the press before
the official BOD announcement! Is that what you really meant to say??
- paul
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| 3151.11 | | GLDOA::KATZ | Follow your conscience | Tue Jun 14 1994 13:08 | 3 |
| RE .10
That's the story I was told. For now its just
another rumor, at least until Thursday.
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| 3151.12 | | HOTAIR::ADAMS | Visualize Whirled Peas! | Tue Jun 14 1994 15:07 | 5 |
| Gresh's DVN is supposed to be next Tuesday? Wednesday? I assume we'll
get more dirt^H^H^H^Hdata then! :)
--- Gavin
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| 3151.13 | | ARCANA::CONNELLY | foggy, rather groggy | Tue Jun 14 1994 15:21 | 10 |
|
re: .11
Hmmmn...and the press is going to politely keep it under their hats? If
there were even a hint of this out, i'd expect to see it on the newswire
immediately (given the talk preceding the Sprint-EDS merger that didn't
happen). And the investors should be getting briefed about this before
it's made public too.
- paul
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| 3151.14 | Isn't rumor-mongering fun (and productive for Digital)? | SMURF::BLINN | Keep toys in the bathtub. | Tue Jun 14 1994 16:57 | 15 |
| Re: Note 3151.7 by GLDOA::KATZ --
> Heard that it was announced to the press in Geneva Monday and
> that Thursday it will be officially announced via the board.
Seems a bit hard to believe that if this really happened (that is,
that it was announced to the press in Geneva on Monday) that it is
not all over the U.S. papers on Tuesday morning. And there was no
mention in any paper I've seen today.
So, from whom did you hear that it was announced in Geneva?
Obviously, a reliable source..
Tom
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| 3151.15 | yawn... | MSBCS::BROWN_L | | Tue Jun 14 1994 17:10 | 2 |
| Is the sale of DC/Europe even worth the half-inch in the back of
the WSJ? kb
|
| 3151.16 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | A-mazed on the info Highway! | Wed Jun 15 1994 05:29 | 4 |
| Given the proportion of Corporate revenue that's generated outside the
Us, I'd say the answer to your question is "Yes".
Laurie.
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| 3151.17 | Another report of media report | DYPSS1::COGHILL | Steve Coghill, Luke 14:28 | Wed Jun 15 1994 12:35 | 5 |
| We just got a call from a significant other that saying CNN has just
reported that DC has been sold. We don't no any other particulars.
The rest of us are calling our significant others to watch CNN, CNBC,
etc. and confirm that they are reporting this. Has anyone else heard of
this?
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| 3151.18 | | GLDOA::KATZ | Follow your conscience | Wed Jun 15 1994 13:32 | 5 |
| RE .17
Sold to AT&T is the rumor.
-Jim-
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| 3151.19 | DC to CSC? | SWAMPD::ZIMMERMANN | I'm a DECer, not a DECie | Wed Jun 15 1994 16:44 | 1 |
| I hear CNN is reporting DC sold to CSC
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| 3151.20 | CSC?????? | AKOCOA::OUELLETTE | | Wed Jun 15 1994 16:53 | 4 |
|
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| 3151.21 | CSC = Computer Sciences Corp | OSAP02::RWILLIAMS | | Wed Jun 15 1994 17:06 | 0 |
| 3151.22 | Probably CSC Consulting | DECWET::KOWALSKI | Hands against stone | Wed Jun 15 1994 18:05 | 19 |
| VNS from yesterday:
Top 10 computer-service firms, based on 1992 world-wide revenue:
Revenue ($ millions) Market Share
EDS* $5,800 12.5%
IBM** 5,175 11.1
Andersen Consulting 2,233 4.8
Digital Equipment 2,056 4.4
Cap Gemini Sogeti 1,729 3.7
Nippon Telegraph 1,500 3.2
Unisys 1,368 2.9
Computer Sciences 1,234 2.7
Martin Marietta 850 1.8
Hewlett-Packard 700 1.5
* Excludes revenue from parent General Motors Corp.
** Excludes Federal Systems division that was sold
Source: Dataquest Inc.
Good company, they know how to make a profit in service/consulting.
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| 3151.23 | add to the rumor mill | ICS::BEAN | Attila the Hun was a LIBERAL! | Wed Jun 15 1994 22:35 | 3 |
| I heard today that MCI bought DC
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| 3151.24 | Latest DC-selling rumour + a Bonus rumour | TAV02::HUBERMAN | | Thu Jun 16 1994 06:35 | 7 |
| DC USA sold to At&T
DC Europe sold to MCI
and the bonus ....
BP is off to Mitsubishi.
Moti
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| 3151.25 | don't hold your breath | GVPROD::DOIGTE::DonChisholm | I'd rather be skiing | Thu Jun 16 1994 07:49 | 11 |
| Selling a division of a major multi-national is not like selling a can of
baked beans (no pun intended). Any potential buyer would simply state an
interest in buying, the board would have to agree specifically to what the
buyer had in mind and then there would be a 2-3 month period of due
diligence where the potential buyers finance people would find our what they
are really buying. So even if someone did want us and not doubt some will, I
don't think the situation would sort itself out for several months.
At least that is the way I see it..
Don
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| 3151.26 | we don't know how much has already been done... | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Thu Jun 16 1994 08:06 | 10 |
|
>>> buyer had in mind and then there would be a 2-3 month period of due
>>> diligence where the potential buyers finance people would find our what they
>>> are really buying. So even if someone did want us and not doubt some will, I
...how do we know this 2-3 month period hasn't already passed and that
*someone* now knows exactly what they're buying ???
Graham
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| 3151.27 | Nothing on CNN International videotext | EICMFG::MMCCREADY | Mike McCready Digital-PCS | Thu Jun 16 1994 08:45 | 12 |
| re: .19
> I hear CNN is reporting DC sold to CSC
The Videotext information broadcast by CNN International via cable TV
in Munich, Germany contained no information in the Mergers and
Acquistions section about Digital as of last night (15th June 1994).
The business section starts at page 600.
Mike
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| 3151.28 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Ora, the Old Rural Amateur | Thu Jun 16 1994 09:04 | 4 |
| ...neither was there any mention of DEC (oops, Digital) in Moneyline
last night (dunno about tonight...).
The videotext stuff doesn't seem to be terribly up to date anyway.
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| 3151.29 | Have you seen the (Boston) Globe today? | RICKS::PHIPPS | Better plant some more trees | Thu Jun 16 1994 09:44 | 5 |
| I heard on the radio coming to work this morning that the Globe,
always complimentary to Digital, had an article about the company
announcing plans to divest certain parts of the whole.
mikeP
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| 3151.30 | | POCUS::RICCIARDI | Be a graceful Parvenu... | Thu Jun 16 1994 10:14 | 7 |
| Getting wild....
DC to AT&T
Ed Services to CSC
HARDWARE!! YES HARDWARE to MCI
Wow, it's getting difficult to be graceful!
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| 3151.31 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Ora, the Old Rural Amateur | Thu Jun 16 1994 10:34 | 1 |
| re .30: What would we have left then? Sales and senior management?
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| 3151.32 | | QUARK::LIONEL | Free advice is worth every cent | Thu Jun 16 1994 10:37 | 8 |
| Re: .29
I read the article. All it really said was that the BoD was meeting today
to discuss courses of action. The rest of the article was filled with the
same sort of speculation as we've seen for the past few months. No real
news.
Steve
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| 3151.33 | No facts in today's Globe | PTPM06::TALCOTT | | Thu Jun 16 1994 10:39 | 15 |
| The closest they came to anything concrete was...
In addition to selling business units, many observers expect Digital to
largely get out of the software applications business. Its relational
database product is rumored to be up for sale; according to Richard Buchanan,
an analyst with Forrester Research Inc. of Cambridge, both Microsoft Corp. and
Lotus Development Corp. are considering licensing or buying Digital's All-in-1
office automation product.
"It's word processing and e-mail software, and it would allow Microsoft or
Lotus to capture 5 million users all at once," Buchanan said. Lotus declined
comment.
Full article will be in tomorrow's VNS, although I wouldn't be surprised to find
someone will enter it themselves in here before then.
Trace
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| 3151.34 | | RLTIME::COOK | | Thu Jun 16 1994 10:45 | 12 |
|
> <<< Note 3151.31 by BHAJEE::JAERVINEN "Ora, the Old Rural Amateur" >>>
>
> re .30: What would we have left then? Sales and senior management?
No, sales would be done by VARs. That would leave only Senior Management.
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| 3151.35 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Thu Jun 16 1994 11:06 | 5 |
| The Globe article says that an analyst for Salomon Brothers says that
laying off 20,000 people would cost $1B. That's $50,000 a head.
Given the predicted lack of a package, as well as the likelihood
that many personnel will go to whoever buys their piece of the company
(� la GSO), doesn't this seem a bit high?
|
| 3151.36 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Ora, the Old Rural Amateur | Thu Jun 16 1994 11:12 | 12 |
| re .34:
�No, sales would be done by VARs. That would leave only Senior Management.
I'm sure we'll be profitable then...
re .35: Don't forget that the layoffs are not US only; we're still
supposed to get rid of at least 6,000 people in Europe, where packages
still exist in many cases (and tend to be higher than in US).
We were told that the typical packages here in Germany range between
roughly US$ 50,000 - 100,000.
|
| 3151.37 | | STAR::NORDH | OpenVMS Engineering, DTN 381-1672 | Thu Jun 16 1994 11:17 | 48 |
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+ DEC "TO FIRE MUCH OF SALES FORCE AND GO INDIRECT"
Digital Equipment Corp executives will this week float another
of its frequent reorganisation plans, PC Week believes - and it
will be a stunner for the demoralised sales force, since the
paper hears that it will suffer an eviscerating lay-off. The
plan will be presented to the board by Enrico Pesatori, head of
DEC's Systems Business Unit and marketing and sales
organisation, rather than chairman Robert Palmer, and according
to the trade weekly calls for the creation of a holding company
consisting of five business units, covering storage,
multi-vendor services, personal computers, peripherals, and
supplies and consulting. The plan, which still requires board
approval, would involve a big switch away from direct sales,
leading to the firing of "most of DEC's current sales force" and
associated administrative workers. The immediate goal is said to
be to lay off 7,000 employees, with another 20,000 going next
year. The multivendor services group will be responsible for the
VAX and Alpha systems business and will concentrate on high-end
sales to specific Fortune 500 customers, the insider sources
told the paper.
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| 3151.38 | | MSBCS::BROWN_L | | Thu Jun 16 1994 11:23 | 4 |
| The $1b charge would not be to cover an employee package... it
would cover things like moving the PC group back and forth between
Acton and Stow, ripping up PKO3 to make a training center and
then dismantling it; stuff like that. kb
|
| 3151.39 | | POCUS::RICCIARDI | Be a graceful Parvenu... | Thu Jun 16 1994 12:07 | 3 |
| just spoke with someone from 1-800-software
said they've definately been sold. didn't know to who though....
|
| 3151.40 | | KAOFS::B_VANVALKENB | | Thu Jun 16 1994 12:13 | 8 |
| the 50k/head is not the package...just the bonus to the slt for
reaching their down sizing goals.
; )
Brian V
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| 3151.41 | CNN Rumor revisited | DYPSS1::COGHILL | Steve Coghill, Luke 14:28 | Thu Jun 16 1994 12:28 | 4 |
| re: .17
I talked with Corporate PR today. They investigated the CNN rumor
and found that CNN made no reports of DC being sold.
|
| 3151.42 | | VANGA::KERRELL | Handle with care - aging fast | Fri Jun 17 1994 03:19 | 7 |
| re.37:
An internal memo was sent around the UK sub. yesterday about press reports
stating the direct sales force would be axed, to quote "They contain purely
speculative material and should not be taken seriously."
Dave.
|
| 3151.44 | | DUGROS::ROSS | Go, OJ, Go! | Sun Jun 19 1994 22:50 | 31 |
| Would it be appropriate to speculate on some possible scenarios if Digital
Consulting were to be sold? (as one with a vested interest)
Would it be safe to say that we would no longer work for Digital Equipment?
How would that effect things like pensions, vacations, etc.? And how about
offices? Would these other suitors expect wholesale relocations to areas
where they have field offices?
and what about management? Would a potential purchaser of DC really want
to inherit the management along with the consultants? And how about the
systems like SBS, ATS? Tell me that other companies have systems that
don't require ALL-IN-1 interfaces.
Would a potential buyer most likely take the whole business and then
"pick off the white meat and toss away the carcass" without a package?
Would a potential buyer expect to invest in training, equipment to a
greater degree than Digital has over the past couple years? (typing this
from my self-purchased DEC PC while connected to my four year old
Vaxstation 3100 M38... and I was supposed to go to training this past
week on new technology, but it was cancelled.. you know all the stories)
I guess the basic question is:
How is the consulting business run by our competitors/interested
purchasers? Any info (or pointers) as to how the Andersen or EDS
or Computer Sciences model differs/tracks Digital Consulting?
Thanks for any insight. I'm really not hoping DC is sold.
-dogu
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| 3151.45 | re: .44 You really don't want to know ... | ZPOVC::GEOFFREY | | Mon Jun 20 1994 09:22 | 1 |
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| 3151.47 | | LEMAN::ANNOUNCEMENT | Geneva Learning Center | Tue Jun 21 1994 02:50 | 236 |
| DVN IN EUROPE
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| 3151.48 | nope, maybe later | ODIXIE::KFOSTER | | Tue Jun 21 1994 10:19 | 1 |
| The DC DVN has been postponed.
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| 3151.49 | Who's on first?? | AKOCOA::OUELLETTE | | Tue Jun 21 1994 10:24 | 6 |
|
rep..The DC DVN has been postponed.
Just like DIGITAL's future!!
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| 3151.50 | | POCUS::OHARA | Reverend Middleware | Tue Jun 21 1994 11:01 | 7 |
| >> <<< Note 3151.48 by ODIXIE::KFOSTER >>>
-< nope, maybe later >-
>> The DC DVN has been postponed.
Until the buy-out details are firmed up?
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| 3151.51 | | WRAFLC::GILLEY | Pay freeze? That's what *you* think. | Tue Jun 21 1994 11:13 | 1 |
| See 3188.few
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| 3151.52 | | EVTSG8::JACQUIE | | Tue Jun 21 1994 12:01 | 0 |
| 3151.53 | DC DVN POSTPONED | LEMAN::ANNOUNCEMENT | Geneva Learning Center | Wed Jun 22 1994 02:03 | 88 |
|
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 21-Jun-1994 04:04pm CET
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Subject: URGENT - Gresh BREBACH DIGITAL CONSULTING DVN - POSTPONED
I N T E R O F F I C E M E M O R A N D U M
Date: 21-Jun-1994 02:29pm CET
From: GRESHAM BREBACH
BREBACH.GRESHAM AT PNDVUEA1 at MLMAIL at MLO
Dept: V.P. Digital Consulting
Tel No: 223-9360
TO: See Below
Subject: Cancellation of DVN broadcast 1
************ URGENT - DIGITAL CONSULTING DVN CANCELLATION **********
I regret to announce that the Digital Consulting DVN which had been
scheduled for June 22nd from 11:00-12:30 EDT has been postponed. A
new date for the broadcast will be set within a week.
My intent was to spend a few minutes updating you on our financial
and operational performance, and the progress Digital Consulting has
made against the goals stated in the "Looking Forward" document. We
were also going to cover the operational programs that are on track
for July 1st implementation. The remainder of the broadcast was
designed as an "Electronic Meeting" where you all could have a voice
and ask questions.
You may have seen the message from Bob Palmer that was sent out last
week [June 16th]. It stated that specific steps to return Digital to
profitability have been approved by the Board of Directors, but since
work remains to be done, it would be inappropriate to discuss
detailed plans and subsequent actions at this time. In supporting
the direction set by Bob and the Board, it would, therefore, be
premature for Digital Consulting to hold an "Electronic Meeting" at
this time because we could not specifically discuss our future plans
and direction in any detail.
I apologize for this delay in the meeting, and for whatever
discomfort it may cause you in your desire to know the future
direction of Digital and Digital Consulting. I know there are a
great many rumors circulating throughout the corporation about
Digital Consulting--and some of them have even appeared in the press.
As Bob pointed out in his message, do not be distracted by
speculation which circulates for each real and imagined move we make.
Be assured that as soon as it is possible to share the details with
you, I will.
In the meantime, to keep you abreast of ongoing programs within
Digital Consulting, we will soon be issuing a special edition of the
Digital Consulting newsletter which will detail our plans for effort
reporting, revenue sharing, revising metrics and opportunity
tracking.
We set a course for ourselves with the "Looking Forward" document and
we have not wavered from that. We continue to focus our efforts on
building a strong and credible consulting organization and we have
every confidence that we will be successful. We must keep ourselves
focused and upbeat. I urge you to move ahead and to continue to sell
consulting engagements for the remainder of FY94 and on into FY95.
Your efforts in these confusing times are all the more appreciated
and I want to thank you all.
Regards,
Gresh
GTB:ajs.
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| 3151.54 | | GUCCI::RWARRENFELTZ | Follow the Money! | Wed Jun 22 1994 07:21 | 1 |
| Old news by now.
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| 3151.55 | | POCUS::OHARA | Reverend Middleware | Wed Jun 22 1994 08:05 | 2 |
| What's INTERESTING is that it's been postponed till AUGUST! I can't wait to
see what happens over the intervening two months.
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| 3151.56 | August? | MCITS1::BASCHAL | | Wed Jun 22 1994 12:59 | 5 |
| Where does it say is been postponed until August? All I read was
that a new date will be set within a week.
Jim
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| 3151.57 | | CSOADM::ROTH | What, me worry? | Wed Jun 22 1994 13:11 | 4 |
| I thought I read a memo in this notesfile saying it was postponed until
August... maybe the author deleted it.
Lee
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| 3151.58 | | POCUS::OHARA | Reverend Middleware | Wed Jun 22 1994 13:41 | 11 |
|
>> Where does it say is been postponed until August? All I read was
>> that a new date will be set within a week.
Our DVN coordinator in NY was informed of the delay till August. She mentioned
it in the memo she sent out announcing the cancellation.
Rev
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| 3151.59 | A possible reason | MAYES::GIBSON | | Wed Jun 22 1994 13:43 | 3 |
| Yearend financial results are not released until mid-August.
Linda
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| 3151.60 | | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Wed Jun 22 1994 13:45 | 3 |
| re .59:
Last year they were released on 28-Jul.
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| 3151.61 | | GRANMA::MWANNEMACHER | Daddy=the best job | Wed Jun 22 1994 13:46 | 6 |
|
Mid August? I thought it was usually the 20something of July.
Mike
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| 3151.62 | July 26th says Computer World | ENQUE::TAMER | | Wed Jun 22 1994 14:37 | 2 |
| According to this week's Computerworld, Q4FY94 results are due to
be released on July 26th.
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| 3151.63 | I stand corrected | MAYES::GIBSON | | Wed Jun 22 1994 14:42 | 7 |
| Sorry, of course you are all right. Mid-August is when the July close
finishes, which blends right into the June close, so it seems like one
long, endless close.
Time to leave on vacation this afternoon.
Linda
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| 3151.64 | RATHOLE ALERT!!!! | AMCUCS::YOUNG | I'd like to be...under the sea... | Wed Jun 22 1994 22:13 | 4 |
| I heard mid-August also on the DVN delay.
Let's not get mired in when the actual date of the *&$%@%$#! closing
is!
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| 3151.65 | Everybody, hurry up and wait! | ZPOVC::GEOFFREY | | Thu Jun 23 1994 04:47 | 7 |
| re: mid-August date of DVN
It may very well be that we read of our fate in the trade and financial
magazines before we hear it from Gresh. To me, it still looks like DEC
is incapable of fast action, the kind of action we need to stay alive.
Geoff
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| 3151.66 | | CSC32::M_JILSON | Door handle to door handle | Thu Jun 23 1994 12:20 | 4 |
| > ...... To me, it still looks like DEC
> is incapable of fast action, the kind of action we need to stay alive.
Yeah the old days/weeks/months thinking instead of seconds/minutes/hours.
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| 3151.69 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Ora, the Old Rural Amateur | Fri Jun 24 1994 10:46 | 8 |
| �They already have extensive consulting divisions in place. So, what
�would make DC attractive to CSC?
In US, maybe, but not Europe. (CSC in germany is ~100 people, I'm told;
DC is about 1100). I believe they're rather small in other countries
outside US too.
Not that I would dare to say whether it makes DC attarctive or not...
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| 3151.70 | CSC hiring | GRANMA::JWOOD | | Fri Jun 24 1994 11:11 | 3 |
| C.S.C. is hiring like mad in Washington, DC in order to staff a large
number of government contracts that they have won recently. It seems
like this would be a quick way to staff up.
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| 3151.71 | NOT CSC!!! | JUMP4::JOY | Perception is reality | Fri Jun 24 1994 12:16 | 18 |
| Re: CSC - if this winds up beig true, dust off your white shirts and
blue ties...I interviewed at one time with one of their consulting
arms, CSC Partners. I wore what I considered an apporpriate outfit, a
deep purple double-breasted suit/dress. The woman who interviewed me
told me out right that my attire wasn't appropriate, that the men had
to wear dark suits, white shirts and the women had to wear the
"1960s-dress-for-success" outfit...big jacket, white blouse with a
Peter Pan collar, floppy bow tie and long, shapeless skirt (heaven
forbid someone might figure out you were a female!). She said that this
was because most of their clients were very "conservative". Apparently
it doesn't matter what you know, just what you wear!
Debbie
Oh yeah, and they were very positive about training......you had to
take a certain amount per year.....it was all at night and on weekends
and you didn't get paid for it. Obviously I'm still here....
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| 3151.72 | RE .68: some ideas | FX28PM::SMITHP::SMITHP | | Fri Jun 24 1994 13:03 | 15 |
| Re .68
Good to see your still about Steve.
+'s for CSC
1) CSC would get large non-US consulting business. (revenue $$$$)
2) Digital would out source current services provided by DC to CSC
(revenue $$$$)
3) CSC would pick up current DC US business (revenue $$$$)
-'s for CSC
1) CSC would have to right size DC (2 weeks or state min and out the
door type package).
2) Would current customers still purchase DC services if DC is not
part of Digital?
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| 3151.73 | | POCUS::OHARA | Reverend Middleware | Fri Jun 24 1994 13:39 | 6 |
| >> 2) Would current customers still purchase DC services if DC is not
>> part of Digital?
Or, more likely, would more customers buy these services if the delivery
organization were NOT part of Digital?
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| 3151.75 | Deleted. | DYPSS1::COGHILL | Steve Coghill, Luke 14:28 | Fri Jun 24 1994 14:14 | 1 |
| 3151.68 deleted by author as requested.
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| 3151.76 | Cats out of the bag | NEWVAX::MURRAY | so many notes, so little time | Fri Jun 24 1994 14:22 | 4 |
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Thats because its more fact than fiction!
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| 3151.77 | Who requested it be deleted? | MCITS1::BASCHAL | | Fri Jun 24 1994 14:35 | 5 |
| re: .75
Who requested that .68 be deleted?
Jim
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| 3151.78 | | DYPSS1::COGHILL | Steve Coghill, Luke 14:28 | Fri Jun 24 1994 14:50 | 1 |
| The author of the CSC rumor reply.
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| 3151.79 | Any more news? | DPDMAI::WOODSL | | Thu Jul 07 1994 10:59 | 3 |
| Has there been anymore news on the sale of Digital Consulting. A
Wall St article on selling storage (July 5) mentioned that DC is
another candidate for selling, but that was it.
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| 3151.80 | | BHAJEE::JAERVINEN | Ora, the Old Rural Amateur | Thu Jul 07 1994 11:20 | 1 |
| ree 3237.
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