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To: H James Morris who wrote (61132)	6/8/1999 2:05:00 AM
From: Tradegod	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

Great story on the Ingrams... I learned a great deal. First heard of them back in 86 when I was in the PC business. Ingram Software was a Nashville based fledging software distributor, that was a spinoff from their book business. They were way behind the clear number one market leader; Micro D out of Santa Anna, CA. Out of nowhere, Ingram up and buys Micro D and renames itself Ingram Micro. They never looked back. They supplied all the Computerlands, Entres, etc with software only. Then started selling a little hardware accessories, but no PC's. Then got the full line of all the products and became the worlds largest. Here's what I didn't know: Bronson Ingram's dad served time for bribing a Chicago official for a sewer contract!? Bronson got off. I guess the old man took the rap. Bronson got a Texas based textbook distributor in 1976 from his jailbird father. Hmmm, I wonder if they had the keys to a schoolbook depository building in Dallas?