Word: ibm
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...overcome adversity. Last winter, the award-winning writer entered a hospital for a kidney transplant only days - after knocking out a cover on Pentagon cutbacks. Within three months, Church was back in action, dazzling everyone with his wordplay -- and his horseplay. Once, while attending a luncheon, a straight-suited IBM economist whispered in George's ear, "Gee, it must be great to have a job where you can dress like that." At the time, George was sporting a red jacket, red tie, yellow shirt and gray-and-red-checked slacks. "Believe it or not," says Church, "I thought they went...
Smallest Advertisement Using a powerful microscope, IBM researchers lined up individual xenon atoms to spell out the company's initials. That clever display of know-how got magnified pictures of the minuscule logo into newspapers all over the world -- for free...
...least on paper, the AT&T-NCR combination looks like a good match. NCR, known for its electronic cash registers and automated-teller machines, is a leading maker of midsize and desktop computers. With revenues of $5.96 billion last year, it is the fifth largest U.S. computer manufacturer (after IBM, Digital Equipment, Unisys and Hewlett-Packard). What excites AT&T, however, is not NCR's market share but the potential for linking its own long-distance telephone system to NCR's worldwide network of cash registers and ATMs. That would give AT&T significant entree into the exploding business...
...result, they would be able to integrate their product lines rather than face the dilemma of having to eliminate a system. But more important for AT&T, the addition of NCR would enhance the company's position in its ongoing battle with IBM to establish Unix as the industry standard. Both companies want to replace the technically outdated standard known as DOS. IBM's entry, called OS/2, appears to be the stronger contender. While Unix has been gaining market share, AT&T lacks the credible , machines to exploit the system's rising popularity. Instead, other computer makers using Unix, including...
...computer mess dumped on us then, and we don't want it now," says Charles Exley, NCR's chief executive. In discussions last week with AT&T's chief executive, Robert Allen, Exley warned of the history of failed computer marriages, such as Sperry and Burroughs or IBM and Rolm: "The industry graveyard is littered with mergers that have been outright calamities, and there is no reason to believe this one will be any different...