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Word: eggebrecht (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sting II came as a shock because the three employees dismissed last week were very highly placed in the company and had broad access to classified material. The accused: Lewis Eggebrecht, a senior engineer who was chief architect of the IBM personal computer, the company's fastest seller; Peter Stearns, another senior engineer, who headed an important product-development team; and William Erdman. an office-systems product-line manager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sting II: IBM Strikes Again | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...Alpert discussed the deal several times on the phone and once met in the IBM manager's Stamford, Conn., home. As Erdman talked, Alpert taped. The negotiations climaxed in a Sept. 4 meeting at Alpert's Cleveland office. This time, Erdman brought along Engineers Stearns and Eggebrecht, who described his knowledge of IBM product designs. At the end of the day, Erdman left a draft contract for Alpert to sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sting II: IBM Strikes Again | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

...story. Erdman spoke briefly with reporters and denied having any association with Bridge Technology, the independent computer company he had allegedly helped start. He professed to be "dumbfounded by the whole thing." Said his lawyer, John Bartels: "My client is innocent, and I think we will prove it." Eggebrecht and Stearns shunned the press altogether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sting II: IBM Strikes Again | 9/27/1982 | See Source »

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